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Old 12-15-2012, 07:27 AM
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I would rather not be a source of crisis in my grp because of a lost pet at the wrong moment. Sure, it is fun, but you can wipe thr group if you get an early break at the wrong time. Is it worth it? No. It is purely a choice, by an enchanter who wants to be able to /flex over their dps output.

Soloing is another matter.

But the notion that the "best" enchanters charm is basically the view of enchanters who don;t much care being "just" a utility and cc class, and feel their dps is what is making the group super-awesome. They wish they were mages.

I always recommend eq2 for them. In eq2, enchanters top parses easily. Be careful what you wish for.
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Old 12-15-2012, 01:16 PM
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Sadre, that is some serious jelly rage there.
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Old 12-16-2012, 10:26 AM
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Sadre, that is some serious jelly rage there.
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Or trolling us knowing we'd all spend time explaining the essentially undeniable benefits of charming in groups. I almost fell for it!

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Old 12-15-2012, 02:07 PM
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Yeah, someone seems salty. There's two misconceptions I'd like to point out.

1.) pets will never eat exp grouped, to my knowledge.

2.) of course charming a skeletal guardian that hits for 140 is going to be a retarded idea, but in KC specifically, I love charming curates. They are level 39ish, CH themselves when they get low hp and charm breaks (ripostes, offtanking a moment, etc) only hit for 96ish and, best of all, they have a mana pool. I can keep one charmed for 10 minutes, haste it and give it weps, and when charm breaks, tap it for free mana.

Imo, if you are in a position to charm and can help the group by doing so, you're aren't playing to the best of your ability by negligently ignoring it.
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Old 12-15-2012, 09:07 PM
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jealous? no, realistic. I have never been in a guild prior to making charm easier, where good groups wanted chanters to charm. It was viewed as something a chanter who mainly soloed when caught in the unfamiliar envirnoment of being... an enchanter in a well-rounded group.

Look, soloing is fun. Having an an enchanter alt is fun. Pretending you are not an enchanter is fun. But I'm an enchanter.

The Queen herself once rolled a character on Quellious, just to say she had the privilege of grouping with me.

You are mistaking jealousy for sheer diva arrogance. My way is best; charmers are not actually enchanters. They are soloers who get bored too easy to group properly. No problem with that. That's why they made the game easier, just for you guys.
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Old 12-16-2012, 02:20 AM
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You are mistaking jealousy for sheer diva arrogance.
Somehow I don't think so. But you can tell yourself whatever you want.

P.S. I tried out a chef group for kicks since I missed grouping after raiding/farming mostly on Loraen. I was able to substantially slow/stun most mobs while still charming. Theft of Thought FTW [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
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Old 12-18-2012, 02:23 AM
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an enchanter in a well-rounded group
Making a group well-rounded does not necessarily mean dumbing down a part of the group. If you find it difficult to keep mobs charmed, bump your CHA. If you find it difficult to keep enough mana for buffs in addition to charming, use more Theft of Thought. If you find it difficult to survive charm breaks, cast Rune and memorize your Level 4 mez to cast after you Color Stun. Anything less is letting your team down =)
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Old 12-16-2012, 10:57 AM
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1.) pets will never eat exp grouped, to my knowledge.
If they out damage the rest of the group they eat the same % xp as when you are soloing. It's the same principle. When you are soloing the rest of the group=you.
I will add a slight disclaimer that I haven't tested this, but this is how I understood posts made about this subject before.

Charming mobs just comes down to how safe it is. Any decent enchanter will have a good idea whether he can handle random charm breaks at a particular camp.
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Old 12-16-2012, 11:37 AM
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I used an animation for soloing up to the lvl 39 charm spell. Charm at lower levels was broken when compared to how live was in 99/2000 and I do not know if this was fixed yet.. Soloing was slower with the animation and I had to make some changes to methodology but it worked well. (my preference was always to group so soloing was for nights when I was on for an hour at most)..

At high level, the animation is limited in usefulness but they are still broken out for fights with some planar mobs and dragons etc. which can agro via an AoE (as others have pointed out).
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Old 12-16-2012, 12:47 PM
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I used an animation for soloing up to the lvl 39 charm spell. Charm at lower levels was broken when compared to how live was in 99/2000 and I do not know if this was fixed yet
I was charming ghouls in unrest around 17-18 and with no difficulties -- so I'd say its been fixed sometime in recent history. Dunno how long ago you're talking but I'm guessing a while [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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Unless they fixed it again, I was under the impression that being in a group (regardless of if they rest of the group is in zone) nullified pets eating exp. Me and a necro regularly charm and camp HS and the exp is phenomenal, although of course my evidence is anecdotal.
This is my understanding as well from massive amounts of duoing with a cleric where my pet was doing 100% of the damage. Also basically anecdotal however. I'm going to test this empirically and solve it one way or another, hopefully tonight, cuz I'm tired of seeing this same discussion over and over without a legit answer!

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