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After reading some posts from US players I was convinced that the charm in version 1.48 would be incredible useless. Well after playing around with it for 2 days I must say I'm pleasantly surprised.
No it's nothing like the sorc charm and it takes some time to get used to. Last night I was doing that Secret Orders quest and I had to kill a guy in Odin's. Well turned out that he was orange and was right inside a camp. I charmed a green Snowshoe Bandit Mage inside that camp and he started bolting my target while I could sit back and wait till he lost enough health so I could melee him to death.
Snowshoe mage
Running through Lyonesse I was jumped by a orange telamon and it resisted my stun+mez so instead of running I just charmed it. Lvl44 telamon charmed by a lvl42 minstrel. Not bad if you ask me.
Telamon
The good thing about the new charm is that it's a insta shout and it no longer uses a instrument. You can fight alongside your pet while it stays charmed.
Fighting
Yes you get resists once in a while depending on the level of your pet but I found that at 42 a lvl40- pet will stay with you very well and will only resist once in a while. The song has a 10sec duration and it pulses every 5 seconds so if it resists 1 pulse you still have another chance to regain it on the next pulse without loosing the charm.
You can still use all your other songs but it does require twisting but once you get the hang of it it's very managable. Give it a try, it's a very nice feature if you get used to how it works.
Any minstrels out there who tested it and who'd like to share their experiences with it.
No it's nothing like the sorc charm and it takes some time to get used to. Last night I was doing that Secret Orders quest and I had to kill a guy in Odin's. Well turned out that he was orange and was right inside a camp. I charmed a green Snowshoe Bandit Mage inside that camp and he started bolting my target while I could sit back and wait till he lost enough health so I could melee him to death.
Snowshoe mage
Running through Lyonesse I was jumped by a orange telamon and it resisted my stun+mez so instead of running I just charmed it. Lvl44 telamon charmed by a lvl42 minstrel. Not bad if you ask me.
Telamon
The good thing about the new charm is that it's a insta shout and it no longer uses a instrument. You can fight alongside your pet while it stays charmed.
Fighting
Yes you get resists once in a while depending on the level of your pet but I found that at 42 a lvl40- pet will stay with you very well and will only resist once in a while. The song has a 10sec duration and it pulses every 5 seconds so if it resists 1 pulse you still have another chance to regain it on the next pulse without loosing the charm.
You can still use all your other songs but it does require twisting but once you get the hang of it it's very managable. Give it a try, it's a very nice feature if you get used to how it works.
Any minstrels out there who tested it and who'd like to share their experiences with it.