An idle SCH thought

How would you feel if there was an added pet option that would set Eos/Selene to follow your targeted ally (party only) much the same way she does with Heel to follow you? However, it wouldn't affect your abilities of using the pet skills like Fey Union, Rouse, WD/FW, etc.

I've talked to a tank friend about it and we generally laugh at the thought of Lily flying around his head while he's buster swording in all his dark vengeance.

can't say i wouldn't mind this tbh. maybe if i make the fairy follow that blm standing at max range they'll get the clue

It sounds good on the surface, but in execution I feel like it would be a bad idea to ever actually use it - just because non-SCH players probably wouldn't realize that they need to stay still to get the most out of her or she stops casting Embrace, and at that point you might as well just Place her.

It'd be neat for most dungeons but likely rather hazardous for bosses or pretty much anything that cleaves. If the range was tuned right or if by some miracle SE were willing to put some effort into it's implementation then it could be quite handy though!

If it was my call, when following someone, I'd have Lily's movement AI ensure that when it's follow target is engaged in combat, she stays behind the target of her target. Effectively causing her to sit just behind the boss or such.

We can dream :o

That's the thing though is that compared to just about every non-tank, Eos and Selene take massively reduced damage from almost all sources, and none from select others. Byakko's stupid cleave for example hits for up to 38 if not 40k and the fairy just kinda shrugs it off with virtually no damage. Even if they're targeted by adds, the amount of damage they take vs what you would is vastly noticeable.

Even the robot cleaves in Doma Castle for example, on a player they do like 20k, on her its like 8-13k, so I don't feel that her getting hit by cleaves (and even then that's only if the person she's following doesn't dodge) is all that big an issue. Also, including those ground AoEs and even the ghost boxes in Sigmascape 1, I've had her use embrace and technically "get hit" by the aoe and she flies out like it was ignored, not even a 0.

As for the range of her using Embrace, the cast time is about on par with Physick so unless they're constantly sprinting away from her I don't see it as a huge issue on range, though I feel like it can help out those tanks for when they're low and your aether stacks are on cd but your Fey gauge is full, but they'd be out of range if she's following you (because the range lies on the skill description).

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Originally Posted by Riyshn

It sounds good on the surface, but in execution I feel like it would be a bad idea to ever actually use it - just because non-SCH players probably wouldn't realize that they need to stay still to get the most out of her or she stops casting Embrace, and at that point you might as well just Place her.

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Well, if she's gonna follow a target, I take it the AI will be made to work in terms of healing its target. Or they can: make the healing range a joke for the fairy or the fairy can cast while moving.

But we know none of this will ever happen

Not saying that it's a bad idea, but I'd rather they not dumb down the job even more. Placing the Faerie is hardly much effort, but it does take some thought. And in some fights, you'll manage her many times throughout the encounter. To remove that completely is just laziness imo. It's essentially removing more of the pet aspect of the job from SCH when I'd much rather they go the opposite direction.

There is already a way to do this by using macros. I didn't make it but someone showed me. The only issue is the pet is right on top of the target not off to the side. So the system is thete but could be tweaked.

It's done by using the skill the place pet arround. If you macro it to cast on someone the fairy got to that player position as it works like an AoE. Pretty much the same as the shadow flare on target macro.

Wouldn't recommend doing it with your tank though, fairies can be hit by cleaves.

Wait, you can macro the fairy to "follow" someone with place?

Not actually follow them, just place it on top of them. Place works as an AoE and you can macro it to stand on specific target as you would with the "shadow flare on target" one.

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Originally Posted by Foxkid

Wait, you can macro the fairy to "follow" someone with place?

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Originally Posted by Vyriah

Not actually follow them, just place it on top of them. Place works as an AoE and you can macro it to stand on specific target as you would with the "shadow flare on target" one.

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No Foxkid is right its a "follow" macro, but using place as you indicated. if no other macro is used, the pet should follow the target as if they were following you. But since it is a macro it will stop once another is used. I wish I knew exactly how this was made to share it, but I only saw it, didn't make it. But regardless its a macro for fun not for battle.

I tried it the same way I have my Sacred Soil/Shadow Flare setup, but it kinda did it like Vyriah stated, it was just putting them at the location of that target, was kinda sad about it cause I don't need her at my side 100% of the time, especially if I end up being put in a predicament that requires Fey Union but the range for it is piss poor compared to Embrace or Fey Wind.