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[glim]

Maybe this is a ps3 glitch as I have never had this issue.

I don't think he had his pet on obey, it was on "steady" prior to pressing contagion (if you watch the video, the pet never attacked a single time at the start of the fight)

I watched the video closely and not once the "obey" was pressed (correct me if I'm wrong here, and point it out if in the video if it was pressed)

edit: look, he finally pressed obey at 5:21, and not once the pet was randomly casting it's spells again.

[Karnage720]

I don't think he had his pet on obey, it was on "steady" prior to pressing contagion (if you watch the video, the pet never attacked a single time at the start of the fight)

I watched the video closely and not once the "obey" was pressed (correct me if I'm wrong here, and point it out if in the video if it was pressed)

edit: look, he finally pressed obey at 5:21, and not once the pet was randomly casting it's spells again.

Yea, he's wrong. I have NEVER had that issue...ever

[Kevee]

Uh no? She's on steady before the fight starts (when I cast my DoTs she doesn't do anything), but I guess it's hard to see that I weave obey in very fast when spamming bio / etc after I notice the first aerial slash.

First, why is she on steady and why are you not using Obey on pull?

Second, she doesn't do anything(steady), you use Contagion, she defaults to Sic. Sic is the default.

That's why Aerial Slash came out.



I have NEVER had this problem.

EVER.


It's all player error.

[T0rin]

Also, let's not confuse Guard/Standby with Sic/Obey. Just because a pet is on Guard, does not mean they are on Sic.

Can be...

Guard/Sic = Will attack a target you attack or a target that attacks you, and will use all abilities
Guard/Obey = Will attack a target you attack or a target that attacks you, but will only use the basic attack
Standby/Sic = Will not attack a target you attack and will not attack a target that attacks you
Standby/Obey = Will not attack a target you attack and will not attack a target that attacks you

So even while in the video the pet is on Guard, it does not necessarily imply them being on Sic or Obey. In fact, there is no visual indication anywhere which mode they are in, except whether or not they use non-default abilities (Aerial Slash, Contagion) on their own.

If a pet ever uses Aerial Slash on their own, they had not previously been given the Obey order, or at least not since last summoned / instance started / were put on Sic.

[T0rin]

Not true. Once you manually use an ability (like contagion) it will revert to Sic and use other cd's. If you don't believe me go to the 3:34 point in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unSf1Dmf0vM

At 3:34 if you watch Garuda in the party list on the left you will see him start using Aerial Slash despite me never having clicked anything other than Obey or Contagion (I had forgotten to spam obey again after the last contagion). Proof that you and everyone else spreading this kind of false info is wrong.

I really hate how people keep saying false info like this, especially when one of them makes a thread on summoner tips & tricks and is wrong about a key thing.

2:28 - scene cut to Caduceus fight
2:57 - Garuda told to Contagion
2:59 - first Wind Slash cast by Garuda
3:03 - first Aerial Slash cast by Garuda
.....
3:34 - second Aerial Slash cast by Garuda
etc.

So, in this video, we see a scene cut to the Caduceus fight. We don't see Obey issued a single time prior to the fight, nor do we see Garuda being summoned.

We do know, based on the fact that Garuda begins to attack only after Contagion is issued, that she was in Standby mode. This is why Garuda did not attack at all for the first 30 seconds of the fight. We do not know whether Garuda was in Sic or Obey mode, we have only to take your word on it. But, everyone can hopefully testify that asking Garuda to Contagion will not force her into Sic mode, if she had previously been in Obey mode.

So, there is no evidence in this video to show that Obey had been called prior to the Contagion, and the fact that Garuda is behaving in Sic mode after the Contagion, we have to assume that Garuda was in Standby/Sic mode before the Contagion. That is the only explanation.

So, you just forgot to issue Obey after you re-summoned Garuda before the cut to Caduceus at 2:27, and when you told Garuda to Contagion at 2:57, she entered Guard/Sic mode, and proceeded to cast Aerial Slash, etc.

[glim]

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yeah most probably this, resummoned and never re-casted obey.

I say most probably because the garuda egi died during ADS.