Thread: In 6.0 could we fix the Pet Potencies, please?

Originally Posted by Jonnycbad

Is it that the pets have lower stats or is it because the master has Maim and Mend II, which increases healing and damage by 30%?

No the trait is applied to the pet as well. Here is the trait text

Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30%. Also increases base damage and HP restoration of your pet by 30%.

Originally Posted by Eloah

That's a bit different since, unlike the pet potencies, the BLM potencies, specifically for fire spells but also for their other spells, are a base, with an added multiplier that just happens to be consistent (stance and enochian). But unlike the pets, since the buff is a constant it becomes irrelevant in the long run, similar to Dragoon's buff. Now I'm not saying the tool tips couldn't be a bit more accurate, but it's not entirely the same thing as the pet potencies.

Pet potencies are constant too, so I'm unsure why you chose that as your second difference between them. Pet potency is just as consistent and irrelevant in the long run.

The actual main difference from things like Astral Fire is that the potency listed in the tooltip for pets is actually accurate. It's just that the end result is calculated based on the pet's stats instead of yours which in turn are based on your stats. It's not quite as simple as just changing the potency number that is displayed on the pet's ability tooltips since that number is technically accurate. A note about pet stats on the Summon I and Summon II tooltips would be nice, of course.

Originally Posted by Nedkel

Jesus christ no wonder why schoolar is in such bade shape.

Someone in SE really watched youtube on the second screen instead of DOING THEIR OWN JOB.

This sounds like someone just watched a youtube video about Scholar instead of actually playing the job.

Scholar is not in some hyperbolic bad shape. It is perfectly functional and able to do any content with ease. The main issues with it aren't even Scholar specific. I.e. pet clunkiness and healer dps rotations being boring. Aside from those two things, there's very little that needs adjusting. The only thing I can think of is making it less of a dps loss to weave oGCD and use Aetherflow for healing instead of Energy drain but that's a relatively small issue compared to the other two things.

Originally Posted by Mhaeric

Pet potencies are constant too, so I'm unsure why you chose that as your second difference between them. Pet potency is just as consistent and irrelevant in the long run.

The actual main difference from things like Astral Fire is that the potency listed in the tooltip for pets is actually accurate. It's just that the end result is calculated based on the pet's stats instead of yours which in turn are based on your stats. It's not quite as simple as just changing the potency number that is displayed on the pet's ability tooltips since that number is technically accurate. A note about pet stats on the Summon I and Summon II tooltips would be nice, of course.

I didn't say the potencies were constant, I called them a base with a constant buff. That's why I said they were a bit different. BLM's are usually under a constant buff, both from their stance and Enochian.

I can't think of a better way to explain it other then it's the constant buff that makes it different. Unlike other jobs, a BLM's buff is activated upon a cast of either a fire or blizzard spell, so you can't really gauge them without that buff. Pets dont have this stipulation.

Truthfully, it would be nice if they would add a bit of an addendum to the tool tip to show the potencies while in each stance, and their level. But it's not as difficult to figure out as the pet potencies.