Requirement for using /fume?

[Urthdigger]

I've been going through Voidwatch lately with trusts, trying to nab the KIs as I go, but recently I've found myself completely unable to use /fume to change the enemy's weakness. I was able to before, but can no longer. The ONLY thing that springs to mind is that the last time I used it successfully was fighting Lord Asag where he managed to use Death to kill me, and it didn't work on the subsequent run or ever since.

Is this just some bug, or is there some other thing going on that I might be missing?

[Vanfrano]

Make sure you have the mob on you, it won't work if one of your trusts is tanking.

[Urthdigger]

Ahh, that'll do it. After posting, I realized another change I made was I started using Rahal to tank in case of anymore 1-shot kills. That fixed it. Guess I'll just have to keep my stuns ready and pray in the future.

[Zeargi]

I feel that they should change it to anyone on the Hate List, to be honest. SMN is my main, but I've been working on PLD to try to spear head a lot, but Death and Doom have usually ended my runs because I don't have the KIs yet for the matching screens. :/

[Ladynamine]

I think if you have trusts out, the person who has trusts called out should be able to fume the mob should a trust have hate.

[Urthdigger]

I think if you have trusts out, the person who has trusts called out should be able to fume the mob should a trust have hate.

I can confirm now that that is NOT the case.

[Ladynamine]

I can confirm now that that is NOT the case.

that was an idea for SE to implement.

[Urthdigger]

that was an idea for SE to implement.

Oh, the way it was worded made it sound like "I'm pretty sure it works this way."

[Ladynamine]

Oh, the way it was worded made it sound like "I'm pretty sure it works this way."

I usually word stuff in a weird way, sorry lol.

What I meant to say was ..."I think voidwatch should be adjusted to allow the caster of the trusts to be able to /fume mobs should a trust maintain hate."

Tho it may be too complicated to adjust it in that manner. But it is a good idea to do so.

[bungiefanNA]

So boiled down, you have to be the current target of the VWNM to be able to /fume, and 5 minutes must have passed since the battle started or the last /fume.

Also, a simpler option than waiting to fume is to spend the 1k gil each on Phase Displacers at the NPC behind the Jugner Outpost, and just use them on the mobs that use death/charm. Each one reduces the level of the NM by 5, and you can use up to 5 per battle. With 5 Trusts, that will make the bosses die really easily. Then you get the clear, and you can go back to proc item drops if needed.