Quick question about Hawk's Eye

[PArcher]

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.

I'm 99.999% sure the positional accuracy is for melee only (MNK, DRG, PLD, WAR).

Prove me wrong though. Go do the testing yourself and show proof that its ranged too. But so far, I've only seen melee reporting it.

[Bardo]

Well, positional accuracy definitely applies to Bard as well.

It seems that maybe spells are all considered to be omni-directional though, so they always count as hitting from behind?
That would make sense as to why their accuracy caps have always been calculated to be lower than physical damage caps.

None of my mages are 50 or I would certainly test it.
But if it's true that spells are omni-directional, then you're definitely right that Hawk's eye is pretty much worthless for BLM/SMN.

[moofintop]

I'm 99.999% sure the positional accuracy is for melee only (MNK, DRG, PLD, WAR).

Prove me wrong though. Go do the testing yourself and show proof that its ranged too. But so far, I've only seen melee reporting it.

I know that it is true for bards at least. The only time I will miss is when asclep is facing me during divebombs (sometimes the scourges at the start as well).

[Viridiana]

Prove me wrong though. Go do the testing yourself and show proof that its ranged too. But so far, I've only seen melee reporting it.

Probably because there's a large MNK thread and a large DRG thread, but no BRD thread.

Regardless, it's still odd that OP wants to use this on his caster class.

[WiseWolfHolo]

I know that it is true for bards at least. The only time I will miss is when asclep is facing me during divebombs (sometimes the scourges at the start as well).

So what would the accuracy needed for bard then be for the front? I am just somehow skeptical since at 469 I have yet to miss anything on T5, could just be RNG luck I guess.

But more on topic, hawks eye is completely useless for a caster since as said, you should always have the accuracy needed if you are main classing it for higher end content.