Game Mechanics: Bard Charm

[Somekid123]

If a bard cast charm on a mob, and leaves it looping without breaking the chant, it'll last forever.

Not break in a min or an hour. It'll last until the charmed pet / bard is dead, or until he zones.

[Shads]

Isn't that like chain casting charm? Is that even a bug?

[drplump]

There are 2 bard charms. The level 27 song does indeed last forever and only last 18 seconds at maximum duration but is restricted to level 35 and below. The mid 30s bard charm cast 20 mana per cast lasting up to 60 seconds and bards dont have meditate. They cannot keep it up forever they like everyone else will run out of mana.

[Jete]

Not a bug.

[Haynar]

Bard charm not working, should be due to resists. We are looking into resist rates of charm, and will take a look at this too. Even though resists should be very rare for bard charm, they should happen from time to time.

Haynar

[Cubehacker]

This is indeed a bug. I played a bard to 60 and I remember using Solon's Song of the Sirens quite extensively in LOIO.

The song is *not* supposed to stack with itself, or overwrite itself. In other words, you cannot keep singing the song and the mob stays charmed forever. If you attempt to sing it again on the mob, it will have no effect. You must first wait for the charm to break (in 18 seconds / 3 ticks) and THEN sing it again to recharm the mob. The charm MUST break first before it can be recast on it, just like any enchanter charm spell.

For those that want proof, here is a post from someone on the castersrealm (archive from 2000) about how he tried to use the spell:

This is how you use this song. Charm one mob send it on another. When charm wears off, recharm. Get both mobs to about 10% health, let charm wear off and finish them both. Good xp solo.

In addition, the resist rate for this song should be around 25-50%, for blue cons, getting progressively higher as the mobs level increases compared to your level.