Question about Charming

[prince123]

Is going for the ranger AA ability charm really worth it? Does it add decent DPS or tanking ability? Would it be good for solo pve or more beneficial to PVP? Just a few questions ^_^

[Tilnibi]

<p>This skill is <b>FUN and it makes you look cool</b>, but fairly worthless for groups and raids. It can be a bonus if you solo at lower levels.</p><p>Play with it, have fun, and then if your game objectives change, just do a quick respec.</p>

[prince123]

Ahh icic, anyone can give further info on the benefits of a charmed pet? Need some details <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Cael]

Ive got it, and I must say im kind of disappointed by it. There are so so so so so so so so SO many animals that are not "animals" and several "animals" that are actually insects, like spiders...and yet not all spiders...just some of them... <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Further, the one thing that I find easily, spiders, while they do have some cool spells like poison bloom or something like that and they summon familiars to attack too, they dont do those things very often. Nor, the big thing here, they dont taunt. Unless there a warrior categorized "animal" they wont do taunts cause its not in their spell book I guess. If you give them time, they have aggro for a little while, but you WILL pull it from them. I categorize it as useless merely from the fact that you can so infrequently find an "animal". One kind of nice thing, when the charm breaks, which is whenever it feels like it, the screen flashes this weird green color and the "animal" is stunned for a second or two. Ive been able to charm Bears and particular spiders, but not all. The ones in SC you cant charm Bottom line, too few mobs to charm to be useful Positive note though, the rest of that tree is pretty great. 46% out of combat run with pathfinding maxed out Reclaim arrows down to 5 minute recast Evac reuse down to 10 minutes and cast time reduced Sprint power cost reduction I dropped 19 in that line Sprint 3 Reclaim 5 Evac 5 PF 5 Charm 1 Its nice not having to have a mount and to be able to tell all the carpet riders to get off them, they go faster on foot lol

[juvondy]

I had it for a while then did a repsec and havent gottem it back yet as its usefullness hasn't justified spending the AA point.  It was handy in MM catacombs in a group for taking care of an add spider now and then but that was about it.  One of these days i will spend the AA and get it back.  but not before I get a few other AA's I have my eye on.