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    SMN pets

    I wish there was a way to put the pet on auto,but tell the pet not to use certain
    commands like Contagion. I just want to put my pet on sic,but control anyone skill it has so I can tell it when to use it. I play on a ps 4, and this option would make it easier.

    SE needs to take a look at Everquest pet classes. I played a neceromancer and NEVER had a problem with any of my pets. This game requires way to much micro manage of the pets. There AI isn't to good.

    Just my opinion.
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    As a ps4 player I hear you on that one
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    PS 4 or PC is no matter here?

    because your focus are "I want good AI on Pet"

    PS 4 or PC is really irrelevant ... but I will agreed with you about "its need to get better AI"

    For micro-management, I don't feel its hard at all, you just have extra 2-3 skill from Pet to use
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    I have all my pets abilities tied together in macros so no matter which pet I use I hit the macros and it does what I want.

    Titan and ifrits stuns on one macro. All pets aoe and buff abilities on my bane macro(can hit it while casting to use just the pet aoe or buff without wasting a bane). Contagion I leave in its own slot. My bio2 macro has the obey command so I can tell the pet what to attack and can also hit it while casting to switch targets without recasting bio.

    Lesser used spells like sc shadowflare, pet summons, tri disaster, lb, etc. Are all on the l2+r2 hotbar. I even have a steady/heel macro to make the pet stop attacking and move when I need to.

    A little creativity goes a long way to smoothing out the wrinkles.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BazFamrit View Post
    I have all my pets abilities tied together in macros so no matter which pet I use I hit the macros and it does what I want.

    Titan and ifrits stuns on one macro. All pets aoe and buff abilities on my bane macro(can hit it while casting to use just the pet aoe or buff without wasting a bane). Contagion I leave in its own slot. My bio2 macro has the obey command so I can tell the pet what to attack and can also hit it while casting to switch targets without recasting bio.

    Lesser used spells like sc shadowflare, pet summons, tri disaster, lb, etc. Are all on the l2+r2 hotbar. I even have a steady/heel macro to make the pet stop attacking and move when I need to.

    A little creativity goes a long way to smoothing out the wrinkles.

    I like the idea of binding two pet abilities together.
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    Yea it's very convenient having only one hot bar to control all my pets with ease. I just recently started playing smn regularly again so I may find some places that need tweaking but the overall concept stays the same.
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    SMN Enkindle

    Hey, on a side note with SMN pets. Ever since the patch dropped has anyone else had trouble with Enkindle. I cast it 3 times in Hullbreaker and didnt see it go off or any hp drop once with it...Pet was on obey just going through her rotation when I popped it and I swore that she took precedence over her auto attack and just let enkindle fall by the way side.

    On another note. Whenever I press contagion she decides to keep on autoing. SE help us out! please prioritize pet actions that the master commands over the pet commanding the master.
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    Yea it's a confirmed bug. Search around there's multiple threads about it.
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    I've been testing this myself because Garuda has been refusing to contagion when she normally would. The way it worked before was if you input a command while she was autoing she would finish the auto and then execute the command (typically contagion or enkindle). For some reason this queueing mechanic seems to have been removed so you need to ensure that she isn't in an action when you give a new attack command. Try manually using contagion on a dummy right as garuda starts a wind blade and you will see an error message saying the action cannont be done at this time. This is especially annoying for enkindle because, unlike garuda's own moves, it will go on cooldown even if garuda can't execute the ability.

    Until this is addressed I'll likely just be making sure to steady (cancels current windblade too!) before manually using any of the other pet abilities and then putting her on obey again right after. It will be a small dps loss (a maximum of one windblade per additional ability but can be timed so you don't even miss those with a little more practise) but it won't be nearly as bad as missing out on extending those raging strikes buffed dots for an extra 15 seconds or just not having an enkindle.
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    Thanks for that fainto. Time to adjust some macros.
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