People still comment charm is bad in groups.

[ewjax]

Situational.

If the group has solid DPS: Puller should go into overdrive and bring in as many as the CC chanter can handle, the chanter keeps them mezzed, racked and stacked and ready for the DPS grinder. Every now and then group can take a break, then turn the exp machine back on. This is actually the fastest exp I believe. A charmed pet in this situation is too risky, dealing with a single charm break will bring the whole house of cards tumbling down. I've been part of some INSANE pulls in MM courtyard and SolA using this setup, with 10 or more mobs on lockdown (hard to count when it's that crazy!
I just know I would hit the far right with AE mez and lock down 4, then hit far left with AE mez and hopefully lock down a different 4, single mez any left over, and keep cycling the AE mez left and right), it was glorious.

If the group has low DPS: Chanter needs to find a charm pet. Best = a rogue class green pet. Do your homework, check the wiki and figure out which are the rogues, find them and charm them, put a torch on them to unlock dual wield, park them across the room, and get busy. Best to bio before you charm, because once that thing is charmed you aren't going AFK for anything.

Yes, the charmed pet is a huge DPS kick, but if group doesn't need it, if the majority of time is being spent with a charmed pet just sitting and waiting on puller to bring in targets that die in 10 seconds, the charmed pet is a needless risk and a misuse of the chanter resource.

[Vizax_Xaziv]

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Situational.

If the group has solid DPS: Puller should go into overdrive and bring in as many as the CC chanter can handle, the chanter keeps them mezzed, racked and stacked and ready for the DPS grinder. Every now and then group can take a break, then turn the exp machine back on. This is actually the fastest exp I believe. A charmed pet in this situation is too risky, dealing with a single charm break will bring the whole house of cards tumbling down. I've been part of some INSANE pulls in MM courtyard and SolA using this setup, with 10 or more mobs on lockdown (hard to count when it's that crazy!
I just know I would hit the far right with AE mez and lock down 4, then hit far left with AE mez and hopefully lock down a different 4, single mez any left over, and keep cycling the AE mez left and right), it was glorious.

If the group has low DPS: Chanter needs to find a charm pet. Best = a rogue class green pet. Do your homework, check the wiki and figure out which are the rogues, find them and charm them, put a torch on them to unlock dual wield, park them across the room, and get busy. Best to bio before you charm, because once that thing is charmed you aren't going AFK for anything.

Yes, the charmed pet is a huge DPS kick, but if group doesn't need it, if the majority of time is being spent with a charmed pet just sitting and waiting on puller to bring in targets that die in 10 seconds, the charmed pet is a needless risk and a misuse of the chanter resource.

Yea this is why I rerolled from Monk....too much damned work!

[Stonewallx39]

The right answers have been stated already. A good chanter can keep a group fully buffed (and use a real haste not Aug. you lazy Bastards) CC, and bring devastating DPS with a charmed pet, which saves the mana of the healer.

If you are competing for mobs and waiting for pops between pulls then charming probably doesn’t make sense. While the dps is OP it doesn’t count for squat if you net less xp because you charmed one of the mobs in camp.

I understand why some don’t care for their chanter charming. Usually an open mind to their perspective and making sure they know you share common goals goes a long way to alleviate these situations. Who knows you might both learn something which is what makes this game so special, there’s unlimited knowledge to be shared.