Happy SMN Thread!

[Maku]

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Spamming Rune at your level is ok but only use 2 if you want a quick little burst at the end of a fight (Rune 1 then instant 2) or if Blind is needed/not completely worthless cause you have a PLD using flash. Help out with healing if need be.

As for positioning. At your level it is pretty much pointless to worry about positioning. Pets have an constant effect AoE damage reduction and wont be hurt all that bad by anything at your level. Really other than making sure that they aren't standing in a field effect like Brayfrox poison or needing to move them over the square in sunken temple to remove doom(which is simply hell to keep doing by the way) it isn't worth the time.

The main thing you need to make sure you are doing is USING OBEY when needed. All three of our Egis have an AoE ability that they will use even if mobs around them are asleep. So many SMNs that I get into a Duty Finder party with while I am on another job wake mobs up because they do not use the Obey command. It is a clunky and slugish pet interface right now but it is something that you NEED to learn and learn well.

[Priemo]

As for positioning. snip

The main thing you need to make sure you are doing is USING OBEY when needed.snip

Okay, so OBEY is better in dungeons than using Sic? I only have Ifrit right now so I have to practice more of pet techniques later on. Thanks!

[Maku]

Snip Obey Vs Sic

There is really no reason to ever use Sic. If you just start attacking a monster with the Pet not in the Steady stance, it will immediately sic the mob you are attacking. Obey makes it so that the Egi will not use any attack/move other than the basic Auto Attack. Thus when us use Obey the pet will not use their AoE attack and wake up all the sleeping mobs.

[Priemo]

There is really no reason to ever use Sic. If you just start attacking a monster with the Pet not in the Steady stance, it will immediately sic the mob you are attacking. Obey makes it so that the Egi will not use any attack/move other than the basic Auto Attack. Thus when us use Obey the pet will not use their AoE attack and wake up all the sleeping mobs.

I see, thanks! Will put this into practice. And oh, should SMNs invest on their gears when they hit lvl50, and stick to quest gears until then?