Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
I'd prefer to treat it as a (highly reactive) pet, but one whose duration is excessive to its attack limit, giving a few seconds' of flexibility for movement over its time out, and uses Plunge only for mobility until the end of its duration. Actual attacks. Starts at 80+ Blood. Decent AI. (So, not typical XIV AI; better.)

The first button press would summon the Shadow. It would start off automatically attacking whomever you attack.
The next press with an enemy targeted would force it to attack (or stick to) the target enemy.
Pressing the button on a new target (on whom no attack order has yet been set) will then force your Shadow to attack that target instead.
A further button press on the same target (on whom an attack order has already been set) would return to automatically attacking whomever you attack.
That's just too much pet control for a tank tbh. Even as simple as that sounds. If anything, he needs to get moving faster, or they could copy MCH and depending on how much blackblood you have is how long the duration lasts. Im sure at some point they'll speed up the animation for getting out there but overall it just needs to be consistent in behavior and longer.