The Arcanist Thread.

[Toth]

Thanks guys. Still just over half way to 41 so no rush but I just wanted to be sure hehe

Niiro, we didn't get body AFs in 1.0 until 50 too (Just saying XD).

[chichicha]

Aero is nice but it doesn't come close to Fester and a pet that attacks. Summoner also gets Raging Strikes and Spur+Rouse for their pets so it's not even a contest.

At level 32 SCH, using Selena, and Chocobo to solo.
I have Bio, Bio II, Aero, Thunder, Miasma castes on mob.
Used Energy Drain once and Ruin.
By the time finished casting Ruin, Mob is dead.

Try on 2 level above me, haven't tried higher.

I'm surprised that monsters dead upon my last spell casted.

I though SCH gonna be sux solo, but this changed my mind now. Although, still can't cap Fate exp though, not like those can spam AOE every 3secs -.-;

[Niiro]

Thanks guys. Still just over half way to 41 so no rush but I just wanted to be sure hehe

Niiro, we didn't get body AFs in 1.0 until 50 too (Just saying XD).

Yea but compared to off-the-shelf AH stuff with basic melds, AF was still decent. Now it's not even close.

I've already replaced all of my SCH/SMN AF with dull old aetherial felt gear from AV @ lvl 48.

[Toth]

Just main-healed the Stone Keep as SCH. I had a blast. Place realllllly helps make sure your tank is Embraced constantly.

[Alkar]

At level 32 SCH, using Selena, and Chocobo to solo.
I have Bio, Bio II, Aero, Thunder, Miasma castes on mob.
Used Energy Drain once and Ruin.
By the time finished casting Ruin, Mob is dead.

Try on 2 level above me, haven't tried higher.

I'm surprised that monsters dead upon my last spell casted.

I though SCH gonna be sux solo, but this changed my mind now. Although, still can't cap Fate exp though, not like those can spam AOE every 3secs -.-;

I never said "SCH sucks at solo", I'm saying SMN is obviously a better DD although it really shines on harder stuff and not trash mobs.

[chichicha]

Don't take me wrong, I don't mean to prove anything. Just saying I was surprised SCH can solo decently
I'm not going to play SMN until I have unlocked Titan, which is level 35 right.
For some reason, I don't quite like Ifrit

[Druin]

Really sorry if this question was asked our is obvious but how much mp does energy drain restore?

[Seravi Edalborez]

Tested with 3687 max mp on SCH.
Aetherflow (20%) restores 737 MP.
Energy Drain recovers 266 regardless of damage dealt. About 7%, but that includes the 2x MP trait at 36 (Energy Siphon). So ~3.5% at 35 and below.

Also Titan's Razed Earth effect from Enkindle move makes a damage field for a few seconds under where he hits. Visually similar to Shadow Flare but floor is yellow. Unsure of potency atm.

[Druin]

So it is a flat percentage? If so my value of piety just went up

[Seravi Edalborez]

Ok ran into something interesting. I just tried again naked and Energry Drain still gained 266 MP.

Inital was 285 PIE, 3687 MP (737 Aetherflow)
Naked (except Embossed Book of Electrum): 243 PIE, 3369 MP (673 Aetherflow)

[Druin]

Ok so then it is a flat amount? Can we get another confirmation?

[MrSamuels]

Before 50 I always used Energy drain as a SCH as we didn't really have anything else to use it on, but at 50 I am really struggling to see why i would need 200 mana when it feels like Lustrate/Sacred Soil(situational) are much better. The only time I am really using Energy is if I have extra charges and Aetherflow is about to come off of cooldonw, or the boss is about to die and i can add that extra damage in. From what I noticed and going from the description of the ability Energy Drain scales with the HP restored and the MP returned is a flat percentage doubled by the trait.

I believe Piety is much more useful for Scholar than it is WHM due to the nature of Aetherflow

[Seravi Edalborez]

Also Titan's Razed Earth effect from Enkindle move makes a damage field for a few seconds under where he hits. Visually similar to Shadow Flare but floor is yellow. Unsure of potency atm.

Elaborating a little more. This basically is a half duration Shadow Flare following the attack, down to ballparked potency. Does 5 ticks of damage before fading so this is basically the same on paper as Ifrit's Inferno but radial AoE instead of cone.

Edit: Not sure if this is common knowledge by now, but it seems like Sacred Soil and Shadow Flare cannot be up at the same time. At least not by the same SCH.

[The Blackrose]

Edit: Not sure if this is common knowledge by now, but it seems like Sacred Soil and Shadow Flare cannot be up at the same time. At least not by the same SCH.

This is correct. One or the other, not both. Whatever was cast last has priority.

[Niiro]

I wonder how long I'm gonna have to keep reminding groups (often multiple times) that THE BLUE AND BLACK CIRCLES ARE GOOD STOP RUNNING OUT OF THEM.

[Seravi Edalborez]

Nice to have for big telegraphed AoE shit that can't be dodged. Soil > pre-Succor > post-Succor.

[Niiro]

Also if you go to FFXIVDB and look up all skills and use the "Adventurer" class under the filter criteria it has all the pet skills including the Enkidle attacks and their damage/DoT potency.

[Kiarax]

I wonder how long I'm gonna have to keep reminding groups (often multiple times) that THE BLUE AND BLACK CIRCLES ARE GOOD STOP RUNNING OUT OF THEM.

I'm half tempted to drag shit out of it just so I can see sometimes. Almost completely blocks mob aoe circles and is mad distracting. Multiple SCH/SMN is a fucking nightmare to party with.

[Niiro]

Could have been better designed on SE's part to be sure.

At least Succor (the more important of the 2) doesn't heavily color the terrain, it's more indicated by the blue ring than the ground effect compared to Shadow Flare (which I don't really use ever).

[Enygma55]

I try to avoid shadow flare unless its totally necessary due to its distracting nature Til more time passes and people know its a acn spell