mincer - single mezz question.

[Jaem-]

am I right in guessing I can't make the mincers single mezz cast faster as its under chants?

 

[Thegreatest]

It has a stable cast time which can't be modified by any stats, not sure about ToA bonuses tho...

 

[eggy]

I am pretty confident that even TOA bonuses do not affect the fixed cast time of single minstrel mez.

 

[Morthomme]

Though +duration works...

 

[SevenSins]

Your completely right as you use the flute to "play/cast" it, and the animation for that is roughly 3 seconds.

What Morthomme said, though, +Duration works on Mezzes (minstrels too).

For durations on Minstrels mezz there's a funky formula, it includes many factors.

Con of Instrument used, Instrument spec and +bonus, and Charisma/+duration bonusses.

 

[Jaem-]

Your completely right as you use the flute to "play/cast" it, and the animation for that is roughly 3 seconds.

What Morthomme said, though, +Duration works on Mezzes (minstrels too).

For durations on Minstrels mezz there's a funky formula, it includes many factors.

Con of Instrument used, Instrument spec and +bonus, and Charisma/+duration bonusses.

So best get a MP flute and try to max out +duration bonuses you think is needed? or is it enough with a 99% flute?

 

[SevenSins]

99% will do.

Aslong as it's a last tier (yellow) flute.

+Duration doesn't just help with Single Mezz/Ae Mezz, also helps with Charm pulse, etc.

 

[Succi]

Con of Instrument used, Instrument spec and +bonus, and Charisma/+duration bonusses.

You sure all of those affect ?

 

[Danyan]

No, they don't. It's material of flute, level of mezz song and any TOA duration bonuses. Enchanting your flute makes no difference, neither does quality (other than more imbue points on higher qual). This goes for durations and resist rates. Additionally level of flute makes no difference to resist rates - that's only affected by the level of the mezz song. Charisma also makes no difference, though it does affect damage on DDs.

Roughly speaking, the bonus to mez from a flute is that a yellow flute doubles your mez duration, if you have maxes instruments. I used to have a table for every material, but I'm not sure I still have it. Also, orange-con and higher flutes are no better than yellow.