Summoner cast Bahamut

[Ash_]

I screamed inside. 10/10 did not expect evolving garuda into bahamut. I don't really want anything else anymore.

[Neela]

maybe you have to channel your and your egis aether-energy to "summon" Bahamut for the time being? I like that they gave trance at least a "reskin" - Bahamut looks great :3

[LunarEmerald]

You have to enter DWT twice to summon Bahamut for 20 seconds.

It looks like you can no longer use aetherflow while under DTW and attunement stacks no longer have a timer.

[Senliten]

You have to enter DWT twice to summon Bahamut for 20 seconds.

It looks like you can no longer use aetherflow while under DTW and attunement stacks no longer have a timer.

I would like to think we still can, but we'll have to wait and see. Aethertrail stacks not having a timer is also still a bit skeptical from me, seeing all that was demoed was the abilities and gauges. We still will have icons and buffs, so I won't really hold my breath until the timer does not show up once the expansion hits.

[LunarEmerald]

I would like to think we still can, but we'll have to wait and see. Aethertrail stacks not having a timer is also still a bit skeptical from me, seeing all that was demoed was the abilities and gauges. We still will have icons and buffs, so I won't really hold my breath until the timer does not show up once the expansion hits.

The whole point of the gauge is so you don't have to watch buff timers. If it's not on the gauge then it's safe to say there isn't one.

[Jonnycbad]

i have no idea why you even think this is a pet summons,it is an attack spell,that has form of a pet.it is crap.the last pet was level 30,this is now 40 lvls and no new pet for a pet based job.that is a JOKE. don't dare call this thing a pet.will it follow you?take orders?looking for an excuse as to why we are not screwed once again as we were in hw.

Watch the Summoner's animation when Garuda disappears. See those summoning spheres spin around?

[Lambdafish]

Watch the Summoner's animation when Garuda disappears. See those summoning spheres spin around?

I noticed that too, I squealed like a fangirl

calling a spell a pet does NOT make it a pet.ohhhh so lets just change the definition of pet. so why is not miasma not a pet?they could make demon appear and cast it,would that be a pet than?so they put up a beast image that casts a spell than it is a 'pet'.by that logic every spell user has 'pets' and every spell is a pet.all you need is picture,heal could have an angel cast the heals.

Is that a bad thing though? Whether it is a pet or not, it is what the playerbase asked for. The SMN fanbase is divided between wanting to focus on trance, and wanting to focus on pets, and this will be a loveletter for one of those sides, and if nothing else be a cool ability for the other. Ultimately, the ability captures the feel of SMN no matter what side you are on.

[Silverquick]

Honestly after viewing the video....

It does not appear to be a new pet at all...

Its just a visual effect for a new twist on the Ruin 3 spam lead up to Deathflare.

Could be wrong but that's my impression after watching it.

[Silverquick]

Suppose I should clarify what I said above...

If the added attack I saw it doing while standing next to the Summoner (who appears to be casting a Ruin 3 Varient) is a smallish area 50-100 potency AoE attack addition to your Ruin 3 spam lead up...

Then it would be incredibly valuable for Dungeons when clearing the Trash mobs, and less likely any Summoner will forgo it.... in favor of just poping Deathflare early on the whole pack and using Bliz 2 spam to clean up what's left after the BANE DoTs, Painflares, and Deathflare.

[Aitheriondark]

Maybe I'm just being optimistic but I personally believe it replaces your current egi... the green isn't an aoe its the effect that happens when an egi does a pet action.. the bahamut itself did the last Deathflare... and personally i think there is a possibility that we might have to sustain bahamut some way once its out... 20 duration with 5 of it being summon animation... it having autoattacks as well as pet actions... just doesnt make sense for it to be out for just 15... i could be totally wrong... but i still believe that it does in fact replace the egi and isnt just a standstill turret... i dont really think its just a spell effect.. makes so sense for it to come out just to do the deathflare itself without any other benefit. "shrug" thats just my two cents.