Charm animal in RoK

[Krakelkr]

As per the title: Has anyone tried it out? If not, has anyone seen any interesting mobs that should be charmable?

[burny4]

ive tried it out and i must say it pretty well kicks [Removed for Content].. almost everything in the expansion is charmable... including the brutes, drolvargs (sp) and yetis. if you plan on soloing alot id say def go for it. but if youre going to group/ raid more there are definately better ways to up your dps.

[Krakelkr]

Heh, I'm gonna pvp with it ( <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/2e207fad049d4d292f60607f80f05768.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /> )And thanks.

[Growler]

It's very very nice for soloing, and usually sticks for 10+ minutes, even on mobs 2 levels above me.I lost my 10% extra damage on caustic poison - but that will be gained again. Raid DPS loss - but I'll live for now.

[littleman17]

<p>When ever I get RoK, and enough aa's, I will have double, extension and charm for solo, and extension, double and conservation for grouping/raiding.</p><p>Just a question, pre rok, spiders and sharks were the pets, what would you say the best in rok are?</p>

[Giland]

Currently the item that allows you to switch AA packages doesn't exist, just FYI.

[Jaana]

<p>Charm works great in RoK. I love running around with a gorilla or armored rhino.</p><p>It does bother me that when the charmed animal meets up with a equal or even lesser level opponent, he loses. What's up with that? My Lvl 72 rhino should be equally matched with a Lvl 72 rhino opponent, no?</p><p>As for "sticking", it varies from five minutes to ten minutes, but I can usually just instantly re-charm it anyway. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[feldon30]

<cite>Jaana wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Charm works great in RoK. I love running around with a gorilla or armored rhino.</p><p>It does bother me that when the charmed animal meets up with a equal or even lesser level opponent, he loses. What's up with that? My Lvl 72 rhino should be equally matched with a Lvl 72 rhino opponent, no?</p><p>As for "sticking", it varies from five minutes to ten minutes, but I can usually just instantly re-charm it anyway. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img mce_tsrc=" />" /></p></blockquote>Coercers have the same problem, which is why few play coercers.You charm a { 70 ^^^ Heroic } and even though the petbar says it's heroic, it really becomes a { 70 }. 1/4 the hitpoints.I think it's strange that Charm Animal seems to break less for my ranger than coercers. I've heard that coercers really need to buy the Adept III of their charm spells to have a fighting chance.Unfortunately we can't heal or taunt with the pet, so really it's a distraction for the mob while we are setting a trap or sneaking around to do a big backstab.

[Clarrice]

Useful in PvP.  Had a couple of instances fighting mages where you dump a pet and your hawk on them and let it [Removed for Content] them off/burn through their mana shield while you evade and hide behind a rock <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Growler]

I've been levelling with Charm Animal, and ACT enabled. The level 77-78 tigers/cockatrices at the entrance of Jarsath Wastes clock in at around 100 DPS on normal level 80-81 trash/quest mobs.This data is collected over a loooong period of questing in Jarsath.I consider the charmed pet a "dot with minor annoyances" - and also a utility for handling adds.Think of it this way: If the description was: "Increases DPS by 100 for 20 minutes while doing outdoor content" there really wouldn't be many rangers who didn't take it for levelling <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />And, besides - if you have the AA's for it, you can get extention, double attack, improved caustic poison, and 5 sec re-use on snare shot - AND charm animal.