Actually the reason it did not stick is that a couple of months ago they
patched charm so that you could not charm a pet while the summoner is still
alive.
Rokenn
>From: Abraham Hardjana <ahardjan@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] Has anyone dueled a magician?
>Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 00:15:28 -0500 (EST)
>
>Hey Beatdrop....
>
>The reason why your charm did not stick was the fact that you were still
>grouped with the Magician. When grouped all spells and effects that are
>harmful to your group members does not hit. I know for a fact that charm
>works. Heck I used it on my bride to be two patches after the PvP charm
>patch and it worked without a problem. If this is not the case then my
>bride will spank this poor bard when we duel this coming Saturday...
>
>Treilanin Loreweaver
>
>
>On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Beatdrop Battledrum wrote:
>
> > From: "Beatdrop Battledrum" <Beatdrop@...>
> >
> > Last night I was in a group in Highkeep and we got on the topic of
>dueling. While I was running my mouth, the magician I was with challenged
>me to a duel. We were the same level (29) and I said what the hell. He
>had a fire elemental pet that was blue to me so I decided that the only way
>I would stand a chance would be to try to charm him into fighting his pet.
>Well, let me just say that I thought charm was only nerfed on the PvP
>servers and NOT in PvP mode. Wrong! So I start the duel with the thought
>of charming him. Hit the song, and wait, and wait, and wait... no pulse!
>WTF? So I try charming his pet that is now attacking me. Resist, resist,
>(thinking cool, its pulsing, gonna work), charm sticks but no charm!
>Instead I got a message saying 'This NPC cannot be charmed.' Dammit! NOOO!
>Meanwhile, I am getting the hell nuked out of me while trying to figure out
>what to do next. So I die. I pop back up and my opponents health bar is
>down (still grouped) and I hear 'Beat, Demi is getting the sh*t kicked out
>of him.' Come to find out, after looting my corpse, that after I died, his
>pet agro'd on him. Strange charm bug is what I am assuming.
> >
> > Has anyone on the list dueled a magician or a caster with a pet and won?
> He was a really cool guy and I asked him for a rematch some other time.
>My new tactic is just like how I would fight a wizzie, below him to death.
>His pet wasn't hitting to hard and I think I can solo his pet by melee and
>songs. So, I think I can take him by just staying on his butt and keeping
>his spells interrupted.
> >
> > Any other suggestions? I am also assuming that Screech won't work
>either.
> >
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> > ~Beatdrop Battledrum <Platinum Sphere>
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