Enchanter charm isn't classic, we all know this

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Tecmos Deception [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why wasn't everyone using WC caps? Why wasn't everyone farming root nets? Why wasn't everyone using GCD clickies? Why wasn't everyone a pro charmer?

The answer to all these questions is largely the same, except that being a pro charmer was ALSO hampered by crappy internet connections on top of the other reasons, giving all the more reason for it to not be a widely-done thing back in the day.

Where's that "straw man" guy, you're making his argument?

Knowing that you can use a spell on your spell list to be the best DPS class in the game is NOT comparable to knowing that some obscure item out of ten trillion exists. It IS comparable to Cann-dancing though.

Again, if Shaman could figure out the mechanics of server ticks and how to optimize medding and casting a spell around them ... Enchanters could master casting a charm, and breaking it. People may have been ignorant back then, but this was an Internet-base game, and we communicated over class message boards. Basic aspects of how to play a class were well-known and widely shared (at least among the forum-reading segment, and their knowledged filtered down to the rest of the server).

Crappy internet connections DO NOT explain why Enchanters wouldn't have figured out "I can charm mob A, and use it to kill mob B". When you make such an argument, you're being intellectually dishonest to me and yourself: you're a smart guy Tecmos, don't be willfully dumb to defend your "tribe".

Again, everyone in this thread can keep talking past each other if they want. But this is not about "wahhh class X is powerful", and this is not about "I disagree with classic evidence". Again, just like with Bards, the classic evidence for AoE kiting every mob in OT was there ... but it wasn't classic, and this place is about classic EverQuest.