Summoner Demystified: A Guide for Beginners

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Uh... I don't want to bash your guide, because I'm not the greatest SMN and this is coming from your heart, I can tell.

HOWEVER!

There's a lot of misinformation in here. You really should practice a little bit more before you begin trying to make a guide. There's still a lot you need to learn, especially when it comes to weaving in between your GCD rotation. Never, ever, pop 4 oGCDs back-to-back like that. That's a mess.

Never leave Garuda/Carbuncle on sic, the pushback is annoying. Especially to a tank who know has to chase this mob across the room.

If you're in DWT, might be a good idea to Tri-D -> RuinIII -> Fester -> RuinIII -> Deathflare. Honestly if you've got Garuda out and you're feelin' a little fancy with weaving, you can even swing an Enkindle (with Rouse and Spur in there) as well as a cool Contagion for fun to stretch out the DWT'd Tri-D.

[Alisa180]

Uh... I don't want to bash your guide, because I'm not the greatest SMN and this is coming from your heart, I can tell.

HOWEVER!

There's a lot of misinformation in here. You really should practice a little bit more before you begin trying to make a guide. There's still a lot you need to learn, especially when it comes to weaving in between your GCD rotation. Never, ever, pop 4 oGCDs back-to-back like that. That's a mess.

Never leave Garuda/Carbuncle on sic, the pushback is annoying. Especially to a tank who know has to chase this mob across the room.

If you're in DWT, might be a good idea to Tri-D -> RuinIII -> Fester -> RuinIII -> Deathflare. Honestly if you've got Garuda out and you're feelin' a little fancy with weaving, you can even swing an Enkindle (with Rouse and Spur in there) as well as a cool Contagion for fun to stretch out the DWT'd Tri-D.

I fixed the guide to change the thing about Garuda/Carbuncle.

I'm very well aware I have problems weaving oGCDs. I've made that clear repeatedly in the guide, and eve have a whole section dedicated to addressing it. Popping 4 oGCDS might be messy, but it works for now. FYI, I myself don't pop Killing Strikes at the start anymore, and have Rouse+Spur on a macro.

Additionally, I've recently stumbled upon information that suggests Enkindle is not affected by Killing Strikes and DWT. If so, then popping that plus Rouse+Spur at the start is perfectly fine.

FeliAiko says she's going to make a guide of her own, and I hope she does. I suspect it will be better then mine. The quality of my guide aside, as Solarra has shown, there's a very real need for DPS guides that assume nothing from the reader. This serves the niche until either something better comes up, or I improve upon it.

In other news, happy 3.1 everyone! I've added a couple useful macros to the guide. And still procrastinating on actually adding formatting the damn thing. >_<;

This was the way I was intending to go about it. You would then elaborate on the skills in these level increments and how they adjust your playstyle uptil this point. I was intending on getting it done but progression hit pretty hard in terms of time management. If OP could do it this way, I could link it in the other thread and give credit.

Consider it done. It will take a few days, naturally, not to mention 3.1 is finally out so that will take up a chunk of my time. But I can see how this is a good idea, and will start re-writing accordingly.