Summoner / Scholar, In Math and Practice

[T0rin]

I do want to understand. I guess I'm just missing something?
If RS was ready in 10 sec (btw /recast is awesome figured that out like a week ago and am still super happy with it :P) and I was going to contagion I would just do what I said I did in the VERY beginning (change ruda to obey, cast my dots, change ruda back to Sic). Obey to sic (and vice versa) does not have a direct impact on the pet internal timers vs other tactics like button mashing or (what I just learned a few moments ago) guard->steady.

How does this not yield the exact result?

Sic is a DPS loss. That is how it does not yield the exact same result. Yes, you can keep it on Sic, change it to Obey (with or without Steady) and manually fire off Contagion. But it doesn't change the fact that Sic is a flat out DPS loss. There is no reason, ever, to keep Garuda on Sic. Unless of course, manually pressing 1-5 buttons to 'micro' Garuda every minute is simply too much to handle.