How to get faerie out of free stance?

[Shmi]

I just healed a dungeon with fairy on Steady + Obey. It did use Embrace without micro'ing, plus allowed me to micro/macro it when I wished. Not sure what, if any, difference Guard+Obey makes.

Getting it into the right state is a pain, whether or not you use macro, because you need to be quite close to a mob for Obey to take hold. Maybe 15y or 20y? It doesn't work at 25y range.

I put the AE heal on a separate macro from Succor -- works great!

/pac "Fey Illumination" <me>
/ac Rouse <me>
/wait
/pac "Whispering Dawn" <me>

I macro'd Embrace to both Aldo and Physick, as above. Current I have Fey Covenant macro'd with Soil and Eye for an Eye.

[Snowaeth]

The fact that SE is blocking us from issuing commands to the pet in whichever stance is just utterly stupid and beyond my level of comprehension.

Allow us to issue commands no matter which stance.

[Fran636]

Yeah it's quite annoying and makes me feel like I have less control over my fairy. It feels rather clumsy and involves more effort to get her out of free stance, (which i'm sure i'll get used to eventually...)

[Lucipurr]

I'm think of doing Sic with Selene throughout the whole Twintania fight, is that fine? My party's dps isn't that great, we keeps getting enragement..

[ddaydj]

Here's the macro I'm currently using to switch Eos over to manual control. It requires an enemy to be in sight. I have it in a non-essential side bar and click it after summoning. It goes from being grayed out to lit after running, showing you that it worked.

/micon Embrace Pet Eos
/tenemy
/pac Obey
/tlt
/wait 1
/pac Heel

[Miiu]

What annoys me is that we have to use "Obey" first before we can issue commands even in steady guard mode. This can't be intentional. Apart from the fact that the whole change doesn't make any sense (except that the fairy now stays in the stance we chose *yay*) it is beyond idiotic that we need to have an enemy target present so we can go "Obey(enemy target)->Guard/Steady-> being able to issue commands" instead of "Guard/Steady -> being able to issue commands".

[nocks]

For me, I needed to use Obey then Heel. I set up a macro...

/pac Obey <t>
/pac Heel <t>
/wait 1
/pac Obey <tt>
/pac Heel <tt>

Seems to work pretty well. You do have to have an enemy target (or you target needs an enemy target) but it has been switching to "Only cast embrace, nothing else, and follow me around" mode. I then added Embrace macros to my Adlo/Physick casts, so she manually backs up each of my heals whenever I use them. Oh, you can also make a pretty good macro for Whispering Dawn...

/ac "Rouse" <me>
/pac "Fey Illumination" <t>
/wait 4
/pac "Whispering Dawn" <t>

[erasure25]

For me, I needed to use Obey then Heel. I set up a macro...

/pac Obey <t>
/pac Heel <t>
/wait 1
/pac Obey <tt>
/pac Heel <tt>

Do you need the /wait 1 after /pac Heel <t>? Wouldn't it just activate either the <t> or the <tt> depending on what's targeted? I have my DOTs macroed like this but without the /wait and it works just fine if I have the mob or tank targeted.

Is it a good idea to macro pet abilities to your abilities, given they are on different GCDs? Also what if you want the Fairy to heal someone else at the same time you heal another person?

[erasure25]

I just healed a dungeon with fairy on Steady + Obey. It did use Embrace without micro'ing, plus allowed me to micro/macro it when I wished. Not sure what, if any, difference Guard+Obey makes.

Getting it into the right state is a pain, whether or not you use macro, because you need to be quite close to a mob for Obey to take hold. Maybe 15y or 20y? It doesn't work at 25y range.

I put the AE heal on a separate macro from Succor -- works great!



I macro'd Embrace to both Aldo and Physick, as above. Current I have Fey Covenant macro'd with Soil and Eye for an Eye.

So this has me confused... Why go Steady/Obey, when you can just do Guard/Obey? Or Guard/Sic? Why is Steady even relevant anymore?

[nocks]

Do you need the /wait 1 after /pac Heel <t>? Wouldn't it just activate either the <t> or the <tt> depending on what's targeted?

Is it a good idea to macro pet abilities to your abilities, given they are on different GCDs? Also what if you want the Fairy to heal someone else at the same time you heal another person?

It's been working without the /wait 1 between Obey and Heel; apparently those commands can be issued simultaneously. It will activate either the <t> or the <tt>, the hope is that if I have a tank targeted (which I usually do) it will activate, and if I have a mob targeted (which I usually don't) it will also activate.

I'm on the fence about whether or not to macro Embrace to Adlo/Physick, I've been trying it both ways. The biggest issue is that if you cast Phys/Adlo while trying to get off the Whispering Dawn combo, you will cancel it. Otherwise it's a pretty good way to keep your faery effective.