Physick II for SMN

[Kurando]

t's not unreasonable for SMNs to request a more suitable way of healing the pet, it doesn't mean they don't know how to play the role. Fighting in the world doesn't cover the entire issues that SMNs will come across. Pets can die in dungeons especially when enemies have whole screen AOEs (that are impossible to avoid) and the healer was unable to cure it; with awkward targeting because the pet isn't in the party list being the main offender here.

Maybe consider making SMN pets work similar to MCH turrets in that they cost no mp to put down and can easily be redeployed if it's hp starts to get low. Yes the turrets work somewhat different to pets but an extended CD could be implemented to avoid it being abused too much perhaps. Still, I'm sure there are many potential ideas on a solution but it's definitely something where there is room for improvement.

[NovaLevossida]

They should have deleted Physick from SMN/ACN and kept Sustain. Giving the pets drain on attacks or an innate regen or anything would have been better than what they did now. It really feels like this is a vendetta against Titan tanking way back when.

[RyanRebs]

Summoner doesn't need to heal when you got 2 healers doing that job for you.

[ADVSS]

Summoner doesn't need to heal when you got 2 healers doing that job for you.

I mean, yeah... but i still feel like dps and tanks and anything else should have some personal sustain period. I mean Clemency exists, its even stronger than Vercure, if RDM gets Res and bomb healing, I think SMN could get res + Sustained regen. Sustain didnt even last long anyway, and personally in something like ptd using titan to tank, it didnt keep him alive if someone stepped on the mob spawn bomb trap/ IMO the concept is about the same, both vercure and sustain would be supplemental, not nominal, and certainly not optimal. Physick stopped :doing it" at level 50 which is shameful

[Furrythefireman]

This person!!! Because there's no soloing in the game right?

[Draxxion]

Summoner doesn't need to heal when you got 2 healers doing that job for you.

If the healers could tarket the pet from the party list and actually bother to heal them, then I would agree. But, the pets are not in the party list for other players to see and most healers don't bother to target a SMN's pet otherwise. The only way they get healed is by aoe heals if we are lucky. This leaves maintaining the pet to the SMNer, but we don't have the tools to do so any more.

[GoBallistic]

If Vercure is nerfed based on how Physick works for SMN, it would simply destroy the core value/purpose of a RDM, because RDM = weaker versions of WHM + BLM

[Scarletelf]

Vercure and Verraise I believe were a way to show the players that this job is a red mage through and through. In practicality you will rarely ever use Vercure in party content and you will use Verraise situationally.

I feel tho that 70 SMN's can have issues keeping their pets alive, where in sustain would have been used, don't see a reason to give SMN a second cure. With SMN switching their egi's to an untargettable BAHAMUT every 2nd trance there's less chances of the egi dying. Remember most of the game is party content, and early in levels I can see the need for a physick as ACN in instances or in the overworld. But, once you hit Stormblood content all that healing becomes negligible. I do think that with the loss of sustain there needs to be some egi hp+regen adjustments if there really is a big survivability problem, but we also do NOT want them to cheese through overworld mobs.

[MStowastiqVahlshdeh]

Simply return to us our Sustain it would fix things. It also seems like pet hp regen was reduced.

[Kolsykol]

Remove Physick and give us back Sustain.
Physick doesn't even move my healthbar.... Why does it even exist, it's completely useless.
And it's the same for summons, it doesn't even move my Titan's healthbar at all. It's just a wasted effort :/.