Quote Originally Posted by Raikai View Post
1. You're right, my point was that this movement managing mechanics can't be translated well into XIV's combat. And not just about them taking damage, but swapping targets is part of that micromanagement too, and it is a nuisance when the SMN has (had?) to do in XIV.

2. Egi-Assault - seems - to do, but in my point of view is more of a faux thing, because it's a spell that affects your flow (GCD), even though it is launched by the pet. Visually it feels like is a pet action, but in practice it works more like a SMN action that has a pet component to it. To be fair, it felt much less like that when it was an oGCD, but it had other issues though.

3. I agree that the tanking egi didn't work. Seems they didn't care a lot about Titan when they were designing the Demis, given the fact that the tank usability was so niche. It would be okay if the Demis didn't despawn the egis, but I'm not sure if that is because of the combat engine/code.
1. I still multitask my pet depending on the situation. I've been know to hot swap from Ifrit to Garuda during add phase if the AoE boost is warranted. The only issue I currently have is that Ifrit, not summoner, needs a dash attack to close the gap.

2. I mean it was oGCD and people complained because the speed was too fast and Egi missed attacked due to server lag (1.5s to 2s is the delay I clock from EA to pet execute.) Now I don't agree with Ruin IV being tied to EA and prefer the pet's ability to speak for it self.

As for glorified DoT, sorry but all pets are pretty much this. Look at WoW's Imp. It's basically on auto pilot the whole time much like pre 5.X Ifrit. In fact the only reason Garuda wasn't set to auto was to link Contagion to Trance/Demi Phase. Sorry but in my opinion, Summoner has pets.