Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
I can understand this (and this was a notable problem back in the days of Fafnir and some of the old HNMs) but wouldn't it make a lot more sense to just make the change and ask for players to be more careful about their blood pact timing and positioning? Because there was a time (as I mentioned) where this was a common issue, but it could be avoided with skillful play.
If it was just the player, adjusting the timing and position would be easy. But avatars (or any pet) tend to not be quite so easily adjusted; their pathing isn't exactly the greatest. To get the avatar exactly to where you want it, the smn would have to run into the fight and around the mob til they found just the right spot before issuing the assault order, which wastes time and needlessly puts the smn in the line of fire.

So I can understand where that's not the 'solution' that they'd want to offer players.