Let us trigger yellow or blue weakness in abyssea

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Dallas

Oh wow, how do you fit a random Light Spirit casting into your "hack" Sea Daughter/BP/retreat strategy? Of course, you already know to use Cure 5 on the tank, you have to stand with the player between you and the spirit, close enough to hit something with a stick that you won't lift.

Have you managed to duo anything with a MNK with these cures?

---

Simply stating a fact sir. :)

SMN healing does work well if you can afford the right gear. There is a big difference between cure 4 for 350 and for 620+ hp with enmity-50. We can now cap at 50% cure potency with a Facio Bliaut and have our avatar to speed up fights. Still, there is many things in Abyssea I wouldn't try without cure 5/6.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Cett

Simply stating a fact sir. :)

---

Now try stating a truth, has Cure 5 on Light Spirit made you more competent at healing than Sea Daughter made you competent at DD?

Why did this get derailed with talk of spirits? lol

There's no real argument against SMN triggering !! or !! other than "What do you mean if I want a full set of weakness triggers I'll need to consider bringing SMN as well as BLU BRD WHM NIN and BLM for yellow?".

What SMN needs is a way to control what spell the elemental spirit casts next or lets the Summoner "siphon" the spell and cast it themselves. This would make us more reliable for triggering and would solve the issue of Light Spirit casting Banish IV instead of Banish III. Too many times have I summoned a retarded Ice Spirit that would attempt to cast Bind, Paralyze and Frost on mobs, often multiple times in a row, before I ever saw that Freeze or Blizzard IV that was needed.