> - new charm - seeing what the dungeons they have added on since release
look
> like, Hate , Fear, Sky , Kedge - these are all dungeons that are "done".
> Aside from a few spots in kedge you can't really just go to a spot with a
> group and camp there. you need mutiple groups, and you go through and "do"
> the dungeon. My guess is that most if not all dungeons will be like this
in
> RoK. Hearing about what rooms looked like in some of the dungeons in the
> expansion, having 9 or 10 mobs in a single room is quite common. Now,
unless
> our charm gets a set duration over like 20 seconds ( if its even that ) to
> like 1 or 2 mins. then it is pretty useless IMO. Unless of course you
always
> have an enchanter in the group, or 2 full groups. Because otherwise all
you
> have is a lvl 40+ mob attacking 1 mob, then breaking charm and have 2 or
more
> mobs thwacking on the bard = dead bard in 1/2 sec. And sure, it may be
> useful in outdoor areas somewhat. But think about it, that is a limited
> scenario.And as it is now I have very little interest in soloing. That
isnt
> very fun to me. Seeing as we only get 5 - 10 songs in the whole expansion,
> does this really warrant taking up a slot. I don't think so.
>
All I can say is that you obviously have no idea how to use charm
effectively in a dungeon. I _frequently_ use charm in lower guk if things
get out of hand and we get 1 or 2 too many monsters attacking us. I simply
step out of the fight, charm one and have it attack another un-engaged mob.
This ties up 2 NPC's while the party deals with the rest. If we have an
enchanter I dont need to worry about it as much but it's still a VERY useful
tactic. However, it's a VERY useful tactic that GOES AWAY once the NPC's
we fight are over level 37. Bet your ass I want charm upgraded. It's FAR
more powerful outdoors but then again there are 26 new zones going in in the
kunark expansion. MANY will be outdoor zones. So even THAT aspect of Charm
will still be useful.
I really hate it when a bard who hasn't explored all the uses for the more
powerful songs we get disses one as "it's not useful".
I'll state rather bluntly that there isn't a single song in our lineup
(except maybe the Chant series and some of the psalms) that I don't/haven't
_needed_ to use at one point or another. They're all useful. Sure some
more than others.
And NO, I DONT want form over function. I don't really care if my song
LOOKS cool. I want it to be something I can USE.
OOOO FLASHY LIGHTS
umm no offense... who needs the light show if it doesn't make me more
effective in the team?