Postby Control » Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:58 am
Ah, definitely give it a shot if you've never tried it :) It's such a different way of playing that there's really not much to compare to it.
Quick tips:
It's massively safer here due to the fixed charm and the nerfed dps, but you can still get dps to pretty stupid levels at times and even though charm doesn't randomly break, it's going to fade when it fades so you have to plan your fights around that or then you have 2 angry things trying to kill you, which is why snare and sow/soe are so great.
Open zones with lots of room are your friends! You need lots of room to learn.
Always keep a couple of AE stuns up and a mez up just in case
Always rune yourself (no reagents here!) no pushback from melee until rune fades, so easier to channel that recharm
Invis breaks charm on your schedule (mosquito leg earring from CT was literally my most valued item on my chanter... short castime invis clicky)
Also, try to always use mobs that can dual wield, and keep packs full of rusty daggers to equip your pets. You always want them dual-wielding and hasted.
Or even better, if you can make a mage-friend, harass them for summoned weapons and haste items.
Some mobs are crazy undercons, so pay attention to the things that seem harder than they should. For example, there's one guard in one of the 30ish velious zones, dawnshroud maybe?, that can basically solo the entire zone without a heal! I never soloed 20ish levels so fast as with that pet lol. He put most powerlevelers to shame. Of course, he was also extra MR and could one-round my untwinked chanter... red-chanter-mist multiple times hehe