Place Pet issue 3.2

Wanted to see if anyone else had this issue and knew how to fix it.

I've been using this macro to save space on my crossbars:

/micon Place pet Eos
/pac Heel
/pac Place

Since 3.2 and the new ground macro abilities were added...my place macro has gone wonky. It works fine if I am not targeting anything, but the second I target something and try to move/place the fairy while targeted...she dives straight into my target instead. The ground placement icon doesn't ever show up. You can hear it clicking and the white dot briefly appears.

Basically the /pac Place is acting as if it's /pac Place <t>

Does the same thing on my Sum Pets.

Same D:
I was wondering why Eos still followed me around :(

Yup. Driving me batshit.

Greetings,

The dev. team is aware of an issue where macros that are used for the placement/movement of pets aren't functioning correctly. We are looking into this so we can address it as soon as possible.

We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

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Originally Posted by Mirili

Yup. Driving me batshit.

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Right? All that control you feel as a scholar telling your fairy to go stand over there and aoe/embrace in a .5 second action is all gone. Now it's like uhhh guys I'm just gonna stand where I WOULD have placed my fairy qq

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Originally Posted by Zhexos

Greetings,

The dev. team is aware of an issue where macros that are used for the placement/movement of pets aren't functioning correctly. We are looking into this so we can address it as soon as possible.

We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

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This maintenance please D;

It would be really nice if <mo> could be used with ground target abilities like Place, to drop the effect under the mouse cursor. Or if this ambiguity of function causes confusion, a new <mc> specifically for the ground under mouse cursor.

This.is.killing.me. Blah blah git gud. I micro managed just fine before q.q I want it back. I'm crafting more just to avoid looking at Selene Dx

For Summoner, a macro of

/pac Place
/pac Obey <t>

works sort of for me. If I have a mob targetted, it does the Obey command, if have nothing targetted it does the Place command. It just won't do both under the same conditions.

It used to do both. Untargeting a boss is next to impossible with DoTs ticking (You auto retarget.) I would hit the macro while casting a charge skill and place her during it.

It does the same with Sacred Soil too. Need to be careful what you have targeted when you cast it!

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Originally Posted by Culfinrandir

It does the same with Sacred Soil too. Need to be careful what you have targeted when you cast it!

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Its not the same.

Macros used:
Pet Action Place Macro
http://i65.tinypic.com/54hdp2.jpg
Sacred Soil Macro
http://i65.tinypic.com/33fgaab.jpg

Video of test:
Pet Action "Place" Bugged While Targeting 14 seconds in shows the bug.

Selene will run to you, when you activate it for some reason, but thats it.

Patch notes:

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[2.0] Ground targeted skills can now be placed under a selected target using text commands.

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/petaction Place <me>
/echo Tells Pet to place itself on top of you.

/petaction Place <f>
/echo Tell pet to place itself on top of focus target.

/petaction Place <t>
/echo Tell pet to place itself on top of target.

/petaction Place
/echo *BUG* If no target is selected, ground target is used to place pet. Otherwise it will place itself on top of target.

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Originally Posted by Laraul

Patch notes:

/petaction Place <me>
/echo Tells Pet to place itself on top of you.

/petaction Place <f>
/echo Tell pet to place itself on top of focus target.

/petaction Place <t>
/echo Tell pet to place itself on top of target.

/petaction Place
/echo *BUG* If no target is selected, ground target is used to place pet. Otherwise it will place itself on top of target.

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I really dont like this, but thanks for clarifying. Wish we could turn it off. :C

Actually it has to be bugged. Look at the video. Even though I'm targeting myself sacred soil doesn't just activate and yet PLACE does. Same with shadowflare. If <t> it will place automatically, if nothing a place marker should appear.

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Originally Posted by Zhexos

Greetings,

The dev. team is aware of an issue where macros that are used for the placement/movement of pets aren't functioning correctly. We are looking into this so we can address it as soon as possible.

We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

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Also please note that this also affects the machinist's turrets in some way. Before 3.2 the macro below would allow me to place a turret as normal, and pressing the same button would retrieve it.

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/ac "Rook Turret" <me>
/ac "Turret Retrieval" <me>

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As of 3.2 all it does is place the turret directly one me and it doesn't even read the next line in the macro so I cannot retrieve it.

EDIT: I figured out i just needed to remove the <me> from the Rook Turret line and it works perfectly /facepalm

Try it without <me>. By saying <me> you want the skill to go off on yourself.

/ac "Rook Turret"
/ac "Turret Retrieval"

Also if it doesn't work like you want, I would say do it in the reverse order.

/ac "Turret Retrieval"
/ac "Rook Turret"

This will return the turret, then pressing it again would place it. If there isn't a turret to retrieve, it will try to place one.

My guess is that you won't have an issue and that this bug only affects pet actions (/pac instead of /ac.) Hope this helps and that they fix this soon.

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Known Issue Occurring After Patch 3.2 (Mar. 2)
We have confirmed the following issue is occurring. The issue is being addressed, and we ask for your patience and understanding as we strive to resolve this promptly.

[Known Issue]
- The names of the following items are incorrect (the namings are swapped).

(Wrong) Faded Copy of Now I Know the Truth
(Correct) Faded Copy of Out of the Labyrinth

(Wrong) Faded Copy of Out of the Labyrinth
(Correct) Faded Copy of Now I Know the Truth

(Wrong) Now I Know the Truth Orchestrion Roll
(Correct) Out of the Labyrinth Orchestrion Roll

(Wrong) Out of the Labyrinth Orchestrion Roll
(Correct) Now I Know the Truth Orchestrion Roll

We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Really hoping this comes in this patch tomorrow. :c

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FINAL FANTASY XIV Updated (Mar.2, 3)
FINAL FANTASY XIV was updated at the time below.
* Game clients will update automatically upon launch.

[Date & Time]
Mar. 2, 2016 11:20 p.m. (PST)
Mar. 3, 2016 7:20 (GMT)

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・An issue wherein using the pet action “/petaction place” while targeting an NPC would move the pet to the NPC even if a < t > placeholder was not entered.

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Seems they will.

Seems fixed as far as I can tell. Thank you devs! :)

Yep! Guess who no longer dies inside because Selene got cleaved trying to place her? This guy :D