Issues with Summoner's pet responsiveness

I've been having this issue, the further I play as a summoner in endgame, where I notice that my pet is on obey, and Garuda for the most part, I don't see this happening as much with Ifrit, ignores Enkindle being triggered, and it just doesn't happen, the skil suddenly returns to being unused, or I find myself constantly having to smash contagion, and she is ignoring it, keeps auto attacking until 4-5 seconds in. I have seen the skill activate then return like it wasn't used.

Is anyone else having this issue, or have work arounds for this problem?

This is the only thing I can't stand about the SMN class. It's a huge headache. It's a issue that needs to be looked at.
Also in pvp if you have dots on a target it chases it and then vanishes.... I Wish the pets was more like WoW in that sense.

This is the only thing I can't stand about the SMN class. It's a huge headache. It's a issue that needs to be looked at.
Also in pvp if you have dots on a target it chases it and then vanishes.... I Wish the pets was more like WoW in that sense.

Yeah pretty much Garuda is pain in the ass she only does stuff when she feel like it. contagion also other issue but tbh this issue is really due to lag i'm guessing. I remember people saying they had issue with there ninja spell not going off right due to lag. Most people use wtfast and told me they fix most of there skill issue.

I think SE still should try and fix this issue or make contagion a SMN spell so i can use Ifrit seeing how he follow what i'm telling him to do.

Well, Enkindle eats your pet's auto-attack. So if she casted a Wing Blade (I think that's her spam ability) You'll get a delay. It get worst if the target dies before she casts it, you literally lose Enkindle. Same thing with Contagion, this is why I have an hard time with Summoner. Stupid pet management.

Only thing that annoy me is that you can not use pet commands while in cc. If some white mage will sleep you for 15 sec and your pet is gonna attack that mage, your commands are not gonna work in that 15 sec sleep and pet is gonna die if whm run away from 50 - 60 y area? In wow you could freeze with frost mage and spell lock while under cc avoid big damage, but in this game you can do nothing with your pet. Would be nice if it would be possible knockback enemies while in stunned.

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Originally Posted by Aikaal

Well, Enkindle eats your pet's auto-attack. So if she casted a Wing Blade (I think that's her spam ability) You'll get a delay. It get worst if the target dies before she casts it, you literally lose Enkindle. Same thing with Contagion, this is why I have an hard time with Summoner. Stupid pet management.

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That's why you don't cast Enkindle on low hp targets that die fast :)

As for the OT, you can either just keep mashing contagion/enkindle or you wait and use it between her casts and it will register right away. I know it isn't as responsive as it could've been but it also isn't that big of a deal honestly.

I've actually just started to play PVP again in 3.0 and I've noticed a response issue with the fairies exactly as you describe. I also saw it yesterday during a S-rank spawn in the Forelands where a pet skill would show as cast but there'd be no animation and after the next GCD it resets as unused.

It's not something I've ever encountered before yesterday.

You can either Steady before Contagion if you need to time it precisely (i.e. before a Bane) or you can just hit it right after a cast of Wind Slash, and it will always go through almost immediately, or you can just hit it once and wait, and she'll usually cast it after the already queued ability. (usually Wind Slash)

This is why I stopped using garuda since 3.0, now I just use Ifrit, less micro management and let me focus on my own attack. SE seriously need to fix the pet's dumb dumb A.I, this apply to Fairy as well. When mob is under 15% HP, none of your pet should waste their moves unless you trigger it.