Aetherial Manipulation should be more like Shukuchi

[Hiruke]

I've always been baffled by Aetherial Manipulation. You're pretty unlikely to use it even when you could use it to any effect, since you'd have to identify who you wanted to teleport to before targeting and casting on them. In that time frame, you probably could have just run over to where you need to be. I'm guessing the thinking was you could use this skill to dash over to the PLD so they could Cover you? There's not really any scenarios where the PLD is so far away that you need to do that, though...

Why not change Aetherial Manipulation to act more like Shukuchi? At least then it would get more use, as you could plot out your own destination. I mean, if ninjas can do it, I don't see why wizards can't.

I'm willing to bet, as is, Aetherial Manipulation is one of the least-used skills, below even Tri-Disaster.

[ZzPixie]

A bad blm is a bad blm

[ShinryuReishiki]

Mouseover macro.

[Cynfael]

Mouseover macro.

So much this.

AM is incredibly clunky without the use of appropriate macros, and <mo> makes all the difference here.

[Clarkamite]

I use it all the time in raid. To top it all off I play on PS4 so something like a simple mouse over macro wouldn't work for me. I just use a focus target macro and target someone who I know will be where I want to go when it's all said and done. For example, back in T9 I would target our WHM. She was always positioning herself in preparation for a meteor. So rather than spend a ton of time moving, I would just focus her and if I ended up getting targeted for a meteor, zoom over to her to place it. It has it's uses. You just can't be narrow in your vision of it.

I will say its use can be limited by certain things. Playing on a PS4 does sort of force me to have it as a focus target macro. It's just not efficient enough for me to scroll through the party list to find someone to warp to that will be in a safe spot.

[Sunako]

focus target macro

Another way is
/action "Aetherial Manipulation" <4>
(target number 4 partymember on your list and it is usually WHM if you go with current 2 tank 2 healer)
If you wanna focus target something else.

[Clarkamite]

Another way is
/action "Aetherial Manipulation" <4>
(target number 4 partymember on your list and it is usually WHM if you go with current 2 tank 2 healer)
If you wanna focus target something else.

I actually focus target my WHM most of the time anyways! Though recently started focus targeting our BRD in T12 since he moves in the second phase where I also want to be. Much easier to move across the map with the click of a button. Keeps my uptime on the boss high.

[chidarake]

I play on ps4 too and have been using this quite well in dungeons dodging boss attacks..

your right though you have to plan its movement ahead of time really as its not a quick get out of jail card that it feels like it really should be.

so basically I just watch where people are in anticipation of the move coming, know who I will target for movement then use it last second.

plus anyway when you time it just so it makes you look like a pro blm... which is true cus your using all your skills instead of ignoring what appears to be a less useful one.

[Zephyranthes]

It has its uses but having a party member as a target do suck. A major issue I see is that you have to wait for your party members to position correctly before using the skill. You risk moving at the last second with the hope that your party members move correctly. This makes the skill more in-line to being a "oh shit" button rather than something that you constantly use to move.

Given that aetherial manipulation is a level 50 skill, changing it to something more useful is reasonable.

[Kiokin]

I've always been baffled by Aetherial Manipulation. You're pretty unlikely to use it even when you could use it to any effect, since you'd have to identify who you wanted to teleport to before targeting and casting on them. In that time frame, you probably could have just run over to where you need to be. I'm guessing the thinking was you could use this skill to dash over to the PLD so they could Cover you? There's not really any scenarios where the PLD is so far away that you need to do that, though...

Why not change Aetherial Manipulation to act more like Shukuchi? At least then it would get more use, as you could plot out your own destination. I mean, if ninjas can do it, I don't see why wizards can't.

I'm willing to bet, as is, Aetherial Manipulation is one of the least-used skills, below even Tri-Disaster.

>least used skills.

BAHAHAHAHA, come talk to me when you have things as useless as One-Ilm Punch, Haymaker, and Arm of the Destroyer.