Arcanist auto-attack rework.

I am not sure where to place this so I opted to post it here instead.

I love the book smacking we have ever since but I love pets more so I would like it reworked so our summoned pet do a ranged auto attacks for us.

Mechanically, it is still us doing the autos but the origin with which it is coming from are our pets. I am quite confident that this is doable and a step to reintroducing pet management to modern audiences.

I would think it neat if all the ranged casters and healers had a ranged auto attack. Wouldn't see it often as you should always be casting but could still be interesting visually.

SMN and SCH could take a hit somewhere else, eg removal of auto attacks from both book-wielders, for getting ranged auto attacks from their pets.. but seeing how boss hit box covers almost the entirety of the arena, the ranged advantage is not that advantageous

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Originally Posted by Nobuyuki_Sanada

I would think it neat if all the ranged casters and healers had a ranged auto attack. Wouldn't see it often as you should always be casting but could still be interesting visually.

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Scholar, Sage, Astrologian, Summoner, and Red Mage are able to auto attack fairly frequently, actually. You can't auto attack while a cast time is active, but SMN and RDM go through much of their rotation without a cast bar, SCH and SGE have instant aoes and SGE has some instant heals, AST has Lightspeed, and all healers' single target spells have had their cast times reduced to permit one weave and therefore sometimes an auto.

I find it bizarre that RDM autos hit for basically nothing. You have a sword and part of your rotation is a melee combo. Guess the pen (book) is truly mightier than the sword.