Rune Fencer & Ninja ~ Small Idea to Make it a Real Tank

[Stompa]

"The exact impact of Light Staff/Iridal Staff or Apollo's Staff/Chatoyant Staff on Charm is unknown, but they are believed to increase Charm rate by 10% and 15% respectively."

Words like unknown and believed make a strong case for charm being light based.

I'm not trying to dispute that CHR is associated with light. And as I pointed out from the bgwiki people don't actually have proof that light staff does anything for charm. For all you know trying to charm on darksday and failing is just confirmation biases.

As for your logic, charm does not equal love. If you are charmed by something you don't actually love it, you just think you love it. Typically this is done by things that are youthful and beautiful, and personally I associate youth and beauty with water. The fountain of youth for example.

As for more logic as to why charm might be water based a lot of the mobs that use charm moves are water monsters like Lamiae, Poroggo, and Orobon.

With items there are two that give resist charm and have elemental resistance on them. One is the Wuji Ring, it gives resist charm and resist light, however it also gives resist dark and resist sleep. By my best guess the resisting light and dark has more to do with resisting sleep. The other item is M. No.17's Locket which gives resist charm and resist water.

"Charm does not equal love."

When the CHARM job ability is used, a long chain of PINK LOVE HEARTS goes between you and the mob. Also it is simple logic, if the person/mob loves you they will follow you blindly as a pet and they will die for you. They wouldn't die for you if they only quite liked you a little bit.

I played BST main job from Summer 2004 to late 2006, when I changed to PUP. During those 2+ years when I played BST every single day, I totally noticed the difference when charming mobs on Darksday. My LS was all BST, until PUP arrived and many of us changed to PUP. All the BST on my LS reported the same thing about Darksday. Other BST who were not on my LS have said the same thing too.

When I didn't use my lightstaff, my charm failed way more often. I tried this while meleeing with CHR axes and trying to charm same time, it never had the same success rate as using lightstaff.

I used to arrive for LS events and I would often be Weakened and level 74 lol. My LS friends would say stuff like "didn't you used to be level 75?" and we would all laugh. Ot they would just simply say "Darksday?" And everyone knew what this meant, that I'd had multiple mis-charm deaths on Darksday.

I have no proof, only my extensive empirical evidence. I submit my scars and bruises and gruesome injuries that I sustained while charming pets for years on Darksday, as my evidence. I will also say that even now, ten years later, I can't look at the little black Darksday icon on the screen without flinching and turning pale.

Merrow are aquatic, and the merrow zone is an aqua zone. That is why this neck has water def. The resist charm on it is because that species use 'belly dance' charm. It is a specific item relating to a specific species and area.