Is bard charm worthless, or am I doing something wrong?

[Tpyo]

Recharm after your song ends?

[Jakob]

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

Recharm after your song ends?

Reading my original post you'll see that when I attempt to re-sing the stopped song, the mob is still actually conisidered an ally (like a player) and the song won't stick because the combat chat tells me that my target is "protected" - just like when you try to cast a song on a player when not in active pvp.

[Lazortag]

He said recharm *after* the song ends. Anyways, you're supposed to do this:

P.S. I just thought about possibly charming one mob, then when the song ends, charming the hostile mob, and trading back and forth between the two mobs. Would that even work?

This works very well. On the red server I can down all 8 spectres in oasis before repops, while most solo classes struggle keeping 4 down.

Bard charm is also good for crowd control despite not lasting very long.

[Paumad]

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

Reading my original post you'll see that when I attempt to re-sing the stopped song, the mob is still actually conisidered an ally (like a player) and the song won't stick because the combat chat tells me that my target is "protected" - just like when you try to cast a song on a player when not in active pvp.

Could have something to do with all bard songs having ticks issues right now? Don't quote me though, could be an explanation and could be pending a fix.
Charm isn't worthless it's only very situational.