Quick question about Hawk's Eye

[Huntington]

I have no idea if now that it's been tweaked, if it can affect the accuracy of all attacks or just the accuracy of physical attacks. Before, it didn't give an increase to DEX, and it only gave a 20% accuracy to physical attacks. Now though, it says it gives that +15%, and guarantees that all attacks land.

But after searching at least 5 different sites, including the XIV Wiki, nothing reflects it's updated status, so I have no idea whether it can affect accuracy of magic attacks or not.

Someone help.

Posting limit hit again it seems, I only ask this question because it would be the fourth ability SMN would have that's a useful Cross-Class action, we literally have nothing else after Raging Strikes, Quelling Strikes, and Swiftcast.

[Axlle10]

all attacks meaning magic and physical. so yes, it is still a viable CC skill for mages in coil and such.

[Huntington]

all attacks meaning magic and physical. so yes, it is still a viable CC skill for mages in coil and such.

Cool I know to leave it on my skills, not that I had anything else to put on anyways after Swiftcast, Quelling Strikes, and Raging Strikes...Thanks though.

[Livaille]

all attacks meaning magic and physical. so yes, it is still a viable CC skill for mages in coil and such.

I wonder how it can be a viable skill when every caracter in coil is supposed to get at least the accuracy cap ?

[BondEternal]

I wonder how it can be a viable skill when every caracter in coil is supposed to get at least the accuracy cap ?

I suppose it can be used as a transitional cross-class skill, when the character does not have enough accuracy on their gear yet. Once they do meet the hit cap, then they should drop Hawk's Eye for a different cross-class skill. You could argue that they could use food instead of using up a cross-class skill slot.

[PArcher]

Hawk's Eye does not have 100% uptime...so if you're using it for the accuracy boost you're still going to be missing. Which is not a good thing...

[Bardo]

Wasn't there some recent testing that proved accuracy caps changed based on positioning?
Aka, it takes a higher accuracy from in front of the mob than from behind.

If that is actually true, then it could be useful to pop when you are forced to the front, while not having to "waste" stats on accuracy for the rest of the fight.

[PArcher]

Wasn't there some recent testing that proved accuracy caps changed based on positioning?
Aka, it takes a higher accuracy from in front of the mob than from behind.

If that is actually true, then it could be useful to pop when you are forced to the front, while not having to "waste" stats on accuracy for the rest of the fight.

Name a melee job that can use Hawk's Eye

[T0rin]

It works on magical attacks, but I don't know anyone that would rely on a skill with a 22% uptime to hit the accuracy cap. You'd still be taking a major DPS loss the other 78% of the time, it seems a bit ludicrous. The only way Hawk's eye is ever going to be useful as a cross class skill to classes who don't benefit from DEX, is if we have content that has spiking defense stats... like if Twintania got a 50% defense buff every 2 minutes, you could pop Hawk's eye to try to shore up the accuracy gap, then back to relying on typical defense/accuracy levels. But, as it stands, it is completely pointless.

[Bardo]

Name a melee job that can use Hawk's Eye

What does that have anything to do with what we're talking about?

Example:
Hygieia and Asclepius pop and you have to run into the pit to avoid the next set of divebombs.
Snakes are faced toward you and there's nothing you can do about it, so you pop Hawk's Eye as a BLM to ignore increased accuracy cap until you can get behind them again.