Mechanics Question: Machinist - Rook Auto-Turret

[Darkstride]

Kinda wish we had pet actions for the turret.

Rather have a Mammet with pet actions.

[Rongway]

Did tests.

Solo. Sight aggro A. Sight aggro B. Turret does not attack.

Solo. Attack-claim A. Sight aggro B. Turret attacks A.
--Targeting B, no auto-attack. Turret does not attack B when A dies.
--Targeting B, AA active but still not auto-attacking because Gauss Barrel. Turret does not attack B when A dies.

Solo. Attack-claim A. Attack-claim B. Turret attacks A.
--Not targeting B, turret attacks B when A dies.
--Targeting B, turret attacks B when A dies.

Party. Not targeting A. Party member attacks A. Turret does not attack A.
Party. Targeting A. Party member attacks A. Turret does not attack A.
Party. Not targeting A. Party member attacks A. Turret does not attack A. A hits turret with AoE. Turret attacks A.
Party. Not targeting A. Party member attacks A. Turret does not attack A. A hits MCH with AoE. Turret attacks A.

Party. Not targeting A, not targeting B. Party member attacks A and B. Turret doesn't attack. A hits turret with AoE. Turret attacks A.



Conclusion
The turret will not attack anything that is not in the enemy list, no matter what you target. If you perform no actions, the turret will attack the earliest enemy on the enemy list.

This means the turret will not attack unless one of the following is true:
--you performed a hostile action on the enemy.
--you buffed or healed someone who is already engaged with the enemy. (Due to the actions available to MCH, the only way this is possible is if someone else first heals or buffs you, then you buff yourself)
--you activated Promotion, causing your turret to buff someone else who is already engaged with the enemy.
--you or your turret were hit by an AoE.
--the enemy is a raid boss.

Raid bosses are automatically added to everyone's enemy list as soon as one party member engages, but standard bosses follow the same rules as normal enemies. This is why a turret will begin attacking a raid boss without any MCH input.

However, the earlier mentioned scenario where the turret begins attacking after a BLM begins casting cannot happen; someone else must have engaged the mob before the cast finished.

[Ranox]

Still holds true to to turret attacking things you yourself haven't attacked. They should really change the wording in the description.

[Myon88]

I believe you are seeing anomalous behavior against raid bosses because it is raid bosses that are the exception. You and everyone else get put into a combat state the moment someone engages the boss - so it's not that you attacked the boss, it's that the boss has started attacking you .

[RiceisNice]

It'll start attacking when you generate any form of enmnity (they appear on your list). You can see this in action by popping open a treasure chest mob with a turret out.

It'll change when you use a weaponskill on a different target.

[Ranox]

I get the emnity part, I mean the part where it says it will only attack targets you are casting an ability on.