Bst, Item Level And Charm

Has anyone tested charm to see whether or not wearing high item level gear causes you to charm longer the mobs in alduin? (EX: Mobs outside in ceizak con "T" to a level 99, with full delve armor + weapon they check EP)
Don't have gear on my bst so im wondering from another job.

I haven't tried, but I did notice that the mobs outside are checking EP now for me. I had no problems really at 99 charming them before and was able to get a mandragora to kill another one right outside without much issue, had to recharm once. BTW using 115 axe, and 100-110 armors.

im quite interested in the duration of your charm.. if its as if the mob is "EP" now or if its still "Tough". Mostly I am trying to get at here is if this item level affects your characters "Ultimate level" as in, what you are vs mobs. (110 vs 120 ect ect) since charm is directly related to monster level difference.

the test then would come down to charm duration augmented via item level vs charm duration augmented via charm+/chr+ gear stacking. very interested to see the results on this... I will have to get in and test it out.

Well a EP mob should last 20 minutes.. a T mob should last less than two.. so even without charm + itd be hugely evident if theres an effect

Well.. I tested charming a Blanched Mandragora which conned EP and it lasted roughly 3 minutes with no augments. My gear when charming is as follows:
ItemSet 309931

Probably something else to ask SE about as well. They may do, as they're considering for nin, drk, blu, etc, and tie charm (magic for those jobs) potency/accuracy to the skill on the mainhand weapon.

Seconding this result: Charm duration is unaffected by the increased iLvl.

Has anyone tested this further since the December update? The update note mentioned that it had been adjusted, but it didn't really extrapolate on the details: I'd be curious to see how much of an effect this has, and whether it impacts success rate, duration, etc.

I had CHR+77 as BST99 w/119 Guttler mainhand and a decent challenge tiger in Kamihr Drifts was "Very difficult to charm" according to Guage. I was very disappointed because as BST75, CHR+~60 would let me charm Very Toughs.

just that those mobs are really IT++ for a 99...

Only +77 CHR? I think that's a big part of your problem right there. You should be gaining a lot more CHR than that with 20 virtual levels and stat vomit.

Also, when Charming VTs at level 75, were you using an Apollo's Staff?