Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[Judge_Xero]

Interested in how Enhanced Pet will work now. I get the impression from the notes that all classes will have a set Crit % with Crit Rate effecting the Damage % over a normal hit.

[Hustensaft]

I get the impression from the notes that all classes will have a set Crit % with Crit Rate effecting the Damage % over a normal hit.

CRT will increase crit damage in addition to crit chance... That's pretty bad for a single-stat to do, as it scales exponentially. (the more you have, the better every point gets)

[Shamirah]

About the crit rate. I guess it's to make the life of an AST easier. Since they got 2 stances.... it would require them to get 2 set of gear, one crit heavy and the other one spell speed heavy.... With a set %of crit rate, it makes switching a lot easier.

[ilmynasa]

Glad pet accuracy and food problem is fixed.

[Romsca]

According to E3 test play.... (source <- contains sch and nin skill as well)
Enkindle: 180s CD
Painflare: 200 potency aoe, 1 aetherflow (dunno CD)
Ruin 3: 170(?) potency, 10x the mp as ruin under normal stance
Tri-Disaster: instant skill, 90s CD, applies 3 dots to target (I assume 1 aetherflow)
Dreadwyre Trans: Obtain a dreadwyre stack for every aetherflow spent (30s duration). Dreadwyre trans skill becomes usable when the stack reaches 3. During the trans, 10% overall damage increase, ruin 3's mp consumption becomes 1/2 of ruin
Deathflare: 400 potency aoe, usable only during dreadwyre trans. Using this skill automatically ends the trans

I'm not the test player/original poster. If anyone wants me to remove this reply I will.

Ruin 3 is 530 mp O.O stone 2 is 170 pot and only costs 159 mp. So the idea is to maintain a steady use of aether stacks to keep trance up for dps boost and mp reduction then use deathflare right before aetherflow is off cooldown.

Edit; ok, I didn't read all the posts but some contradict your info. They said each stack of aether you spend grants 1 stack of alteration and at 3 stacks trance is activated. Not sure if trance has a duration or goes until you use deathflare, which would be OP so I think it has a duration limit.

[pandabearcat]

Arrrgh, I wish they would've nerfed SMN so I can go and play machinist in peace =(

Now it seems I have to grind two jobs...

[ilmynasa]

Ruin 3 is 530 mp O.O so the idea is to maintain a steady use of aether stacks to keep trance up for dps boost and mp reduction.

It is under normal stance. Under dreadwyre its 53/2 so approximately 26~7. So I guess dreadwyre is like a resting phase for mp usage.
.....or not since you'd scrabbling to get as many dots in as you can during that time

I guess another rule to optimal raging strike. Use it optimal when you can cast 3 dots (4 if garuda) + shadow flare, starting near the end of dreadwyre stance.
Bio -> Miasma + Bio 2 -> Deathflare + aetherflow + fester before 10s remaining -> shadowflare + ruin till fester's up again, fester -> bio ?
Seems very risk to fit 3 skills before usage of fester....

[pandabearcat]

Not a big deal either way. Its 60 pot over 3 minutes, which is, well, 0.3 pot/s

Also, unsure if sflare even snapshots.

[Saggo]

According to E3 test play.... (source <- contains sch and nin skill as well)
Enkindle: 180s CD
Painflare: 200 potency aoe, 1 aetherflow (dunno CD)
Ruin 3: 170(?) potency, 10x the mp as ruin under normal stance
Tri-Disaster: instant skill, 90s CD, applies 3 dots to target (I assume 1 aetherflow)
Dreadwyre Trans: Obtain a dreadwyre stack for every aetherflow spent (30s duration). Dreadwyre trans skill becomes usable when the stack reaches 3. During the trans, 10% overall damage increase, ruin 3's mp consumption becomes 1/2 of ruin
Deathflare: 400 potency aoe, usable only during dreadwyre trans. Using this skill automatically ends the trans

I'm not the test player/original poster. If anyone wants me to remove this reply I will.

Anything on the potency of Enkindle abilities?

[Romsca]

I just have a feeling it is going to go like this; stack two, maybe three depending how trance activates, then activate trance as aetherflow comes off cooldown, then aetherflow, trance boosted dots, ruin 3, fester/painflare to rebuild alteration stacks and deathflare followed by third alteration stack just as aetherflow resets again, repeat.