Questions for the Community Rep Moogles

[Zhronne]

True. Spiritreaver shouldn't be too spammy. No more fear about wasted cooldowns for Drain/Aspir/Absorb-Int.
Still another thing that they should fix is the max range the pets can be engaged. I think atm it's something like 13/14 yalms?
Asking for them to give us >20' range would be too much, but at least they should allow us to reliably keep them at >15'.
The majority of TP moves are within 15 yalms of range after all, being able to keep them at that range would already be useful enough.

For mage automaton there's a "trick" to keep them at max range (deploy, let him cast spell, then retrieve. He will return to you at whatever range you are and continue its casting), but it's annoying.
For the RNG automaton there is no trick at all if I recall. This is even more important now since we should be allowed, in theory, to reliably use Drum Magazine and keep the pet at distance.

I guess in the end this is a minor issue, after all we're about to get we probably have no right to complain. Actually... I think I'm the only one complaining about this?

[Kristal]

True. Spiritreaver shouldn't be too spammy. No more fear about wasted cooldowns for Drain/Aspir/Absorb-Int.
Still another thing that they should fix is the max range the pets can be engaged. I think atm it's something like 13/14 yalms?
Asking for them to give us >20' range would be too much, but at least they should allow us to reliably keep them at >15'.
The majority of TP moves are within 15 yalms of range after all, being able to keep them at that range would already be useful enough.

You can deploy your (caster) maton at 17' from target, but if the maton isn't closer to the mob then you it will run into melee range of it.

What needs to happen, is to increase max_deploy range to max_ranged_attack range (25') or max_weapon_draw range (30'), and then let the maton run towards the mob until it gets close enough to cast on it. That's the same distance normal mages stand when dealing with the overly abundant 20' aoe. If you want to deploy the automaton in melee range, all you need to do is run into melee range yourself, or use a combination of heads and frames.