Im sorry but no it is you who is wrong it did atleast increase it when I played if you played when it first came out you'd know this.
Take a look at this post from august 13th
http://dragonsprophet.tumblr.com/pos...tribute-system
the important part to look at is.
We strongly believe attributes should be about supporting each individual’s unique play style, so one of the most important changes affects Charisma. We don´t want players to simply focus on Charisma to be able to capture rare dragons since this limits the overall play style and gaming experience. Therefore, Charisma will no longer affect the difficulty of taming a dragon. For that we introduce a new kind of attribute you can only find only on gear: Draconic Influence.
Now I said what i knew but atleast look up the info for yourself because it wouldve been nicer if you said it did instead of going on about it doesnt.