Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[Havenchild]

Pets going from being flank ACC capped and unaffected to food to basically lower than rear cap and being affected by food, that's a huge win for you guys.

Edit: wait a tick ... SMN gets Painflare at level 52. Wasn't this expected to be a Dreadwyrm Stance skill, costing a stack? I'm confused.

Seems to definitely be a Aetherflow skill. Curious how potent this thing will be though.

[Spellbinder]

Edit: wait a tick ... SMN gets Painflare at level 52. Wasn't this expected to be a Dreadwyrm Stance skill, costing a stack? I'm confused.

Speaking strictly of JP sources (Dengeki articles, etc.) there was nothing to suggest this requiring Dreadwyrm Trance. Rather, you can use it to expend aetherflow to gain the "bahamut aether" required for Dreadwyrm Trance.

[Arkann]

So hyped by these changes, I can't wait to test them out ! If Radiant Shield can now target a party member instead of Ifrit, I won't hesitate to use him anymore. Since his attacks are now elemental, I wonder if that means they are no longer affected by Dragon Kick though ?

As for Painflare, maybe it will be a Fester-like ability, only a little less potent, but that requires no DoTs to deal damage ? Something to handle adds better. Meh.

[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.

[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....

[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?