Charm mechanic changes next patch?

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

Are the glory days of enchanters over?

It seems so. There are p99-era web captures of devs explaining explicitly that charisma does in fact affect charm duration. Alas, some EQdev has inferred from PoP-era data that CHA does not. Of course, this may be true about PoP-era charm but that doesn't necessarily apply to the era p99 devs are interested in emulating. I don't buy the idea that the original devs misunderstood how charm worked. There's a recent interview on YT with Geoffrey Zatkin, EQ's original spell designer, where he goes into detail how Brad, himself, and the other devs would frequently meet and discuss the minutia of EQ's mechanics for hours and hours. You don't get the sense that Zatkin would misconstrue how this essential spell worked.