Bard Perform Skill - Still Useless...

[Cahira]

Which is borked... if it can be intimdated, it SHOULD be able to be fascinated.

Fascinate should have a dc just like any other spell, except instead of 10+spell level (like other spells) it should simply be the perform skill. As it stands now, mobs don't get a save against a song... which is equally borked.

You got me thinking...fascinate is a crowd control effect. All other CC effects work on mini-bosses. Why not fascinate? Before I had just accepted that was how it was. So, I posted in the Bug Hunter Lodge and asked about it. Hopefully, we'll get an answer as to whether this is intentional or not.

[Mindspat]

However, yes the items themselves don't really do anything. Its just another useless item effect clogging up my good loot tables. Like body feeder, lifeshield, and other crappy weapon effects.

I'll pay you well for a Lifeshield of Shattermantle weapon. Got one?

[Freeman]

You got me thinking...fascinate is a crowd control effect. All other CC effects work on mini-bosses. Why not fascinate? Before I had just accepted that was how it was. So, I posted in the Bug Hunter Lodge and asked about it. Hopefully, we'll get an answer as to whether this is intentional or not.

Now that you mention it, I think Fascinate is the only thing the orange-named mobs are immune to. That does seem a bit unfair to bards. They don't share any of the other named-boss immunities, so Fascinate should work. I saw your post in the bug hunter thread, so we'll see if anyone responds.