so let me get this straight

[Theodus]

I just tested it in Abyssea -La'Theine on limules with Spiritreaver.

-Deploy and immediately Retrieve so my pet starts casting but is no longer engaged. Upon finishing the cast, I Deactivated and got no hate.
-Deploy and wait until the spell goes off to Deactivate. I DID get hate.

So it looks like if your pet is still engaged when you Deactivate, you will get hate. Not a big deal to me since I usually immediately Retrieve after a nuke anyway, even if I plan on keeping the puppet out. Kinda sucks if you're doing a kite fight with VE trailing behind, though I doubt you'd really pull that much hate.

[LouIsCool]

If you've been doing DAD correctly, nothing changes.

Deploy
Retrieve
Deactivate

Still Hateless. They just modified it so if you don't retrieve, you get hate. not really a big change, especially if you have a macro for it already.

[xbobx]

how is that correctly? I never retreived, I placed blm puppet just outside of AOE range, nuke, deactivate, there is no reason to retrieve.

now there is, just hope mob doesnt get a shot in as you hitting the two macros.

[LouIsCool]

Xbobx, you've been doing it wrong all this time then.

You retrieve so your puppet doesn't accidentally get in a melee shot and claim the mob, so you SHOULD have been doing this all along. Don't get salty just because you are a bad pup.

[Dfoley]

Actually lou you are only half correct and all turd.

You only do that if you are trynig to kill a mob without agroing or if you are pining you do it to avoid your pet getting hit by melee thus making it not reactivate.

It doesnt make you a bad pup to not do it that way... so heres your turd cap <8ooOoo wear it with pride

If your in abyssea, you typically just deploy at 80% + to make sure it gets the nuke in before it dies, and just DAD to ensure it has full mp. In most other areas where you use the mage pet you can no retrieve all you want as long as it doesnt run into melee / ae range, and just desummon the second the nuke lands to prevent the mob from chasing you.

[xbobx]

"You retrieve so your puppet doesn't accidentally get in a melee shot and claim the mob"

kind of hard to melee shot the mob when you're puppet doesn't run in on the mob if you deploy at the right distance. I guess you didn't know that or maybe, you are actually the bad pup.

[LouIsCool]

You've been doing it wrong, obviously. Apparently even SE thinks so. If you didn't have this macro already you probably didn't ever use your puppet to despawn mobs in your way either. Again, noob pups acting tough in the LOLofficialforums. It's just troll city here.

No more food for either of you.

[Dfoley]

Man louiscool, complete turd. If only there was a thumbs down button.

[xbobx]

Coward that can't admit he could be wrong. Poor child.

[LouIsCool]

kind of hard to melee shot the mob when you're puppet doesn't run in on the mob if you deploy at the right distance. I guess you didn't know that or maybe, you are actually the bad pup.

Your puppet must be different then mine, because after mine casts and its waiting on global recast it runs in to melee. Just me though, obviously..