The Arcanist Thread.

LD · 2013-09-11 14:14

I leveled Archer to Hawk's eye because I was under the impression that since acc is common between magic and physical that "increases physical accuracy" was just a legacy tooltip and it actually helped magic as well.

Even if that's true though, I've never really missed my spells on SMN.

**Niiro** · 2013-09-11 17:12

In 1.0 Acc and Macc were separate stats, not a holdover like the status icon descriptions.

**popsiclestix** · 2013-09-11 18:07

Why do people position their fairy, during a boss battle, with the tank between themselves and the pet?

**Seravi Edalborez** · 2013-09-11 18:13

I dunno about that exact formation but for a lot of fights you want to be casting from max range, which is the same range where the fairy starts to zone the fuck out in regards to healing anybody. If boss AoE is negligible (ie, no persisting floor AoE or dodge-or-die damage) I just have it stand where melee would stand so I know it'll heal tank.

For fights with the aformentioned floor hazard AoE, having fairy not be with everyone else helps I guess.

LD · 2013-09-11 19:04

Originally Posted by Niiro

In 1.0 Acc and Macc were separate stats, not a holdover like the status icon descriptions.

Yeah, I mean recently I lvl'd it because I know that now it's one stat, so it would actually be effective on a mage. It was lvl 6 at arr launch.

**Niiro** · 2013-09-11 19:12

It's possible in the early alphas or something that there still was Macc, it just seems very odd.

If it increases your Acc in the stat window I'd say it probably does apply to magic and the description is just an oversight. Idk if or how the game would make the distinction between which abilities to apply the accuracy to or not if it shows in the stat window since accuracy as a stat applies to both physical and magical attacks.

**Elcura** · 2013-09-11 19:29

Originally Posted by cassiraa

My first thought to the pet knockback discussion was "you want them to patch it so you don't have to hit Alt+3 (or whatever your place bind is) and spend a half of a second repositioning it?" but I guess I hadn't considered controller.

I don't mind either way though, honestly. If they patch it to re-position itself that'd be one less thing for me to do.

It's still a pain in the ass to do even on KB because while you're doing that unnecessarily you're not casting spells (because you can't). Whereas, if it worked you would place the pet once and never have to consider moving it again unless you wanted or needed to.

**cassiraa** · 2013-09-11 19:46

It doesn't trigger GCD though. It should't take more than half of a second to hit macro, click ground, and cast.

**Niiro** · 2013-09-11 19:58

Aside from the fact that half a second could be what kills your tank, it doesn't take half a second using a controller.

I'm just glad that I've only come across a few instances where placing the fairy matters.

**Elcura** · 2013-09-11 20:04

Originally Posted by cassiraa

It doesn't trigger GCD though. It should't take more than half of a second to hit macro, click ground, and cast.

You mean half a second after you've noticed there was a problem? It already isn't ideal. You're working up from 0, doesn't matter if it's half a second or 2 if you didn't need to do it in the first place.

**Spider-Dan** · 2013-09-11 21:56

How can you move the Place reticle on KB? I thought you had to use mouse or gamepad.

**Niiro** · 2013-09-11 22:11

Well with a gamepad you essentially aim it with the camera control, so whatever you use to adjust the camera probably.

**miokomioko** · 2013-09-11 22:24

That sounds pretty wack for anything not being placed on a slope that happens to be facing you.

**Niiro** · 2013-09-11 23:33

You essentially have to stare at the ground, yea.

Another reason why the mechanic is rather haphazard.

**chichicha** · 2013-09-12 19:27

Off topic a bit, did anyone manage to turn on Pet Hotbar? It appears in HUD arrangement screen but check the Character Config window, I can't seem to locate that. Pretty noob me ><;
Sorry!

**Seravi Edalborez** · 2013-09-12 20:02

Pretty sure it's on by default for KB+M (aka not Cross Hotbar), at least I haven't found a way to turn it off other than rightclicking in HUD Layout. Dunno if it's different for Cross

Edit: Char config > Hotbar settings > Cross > Use pet hotbar

**Niiro** · 2013-09-12 20:06

For crossbar it's just a special crossbar set that shows up in the rotation.

How do you put fairy pets back into default auto-mode after setting them to Obey?

**Alkar** · 2013-09-12 20:27

Originally Posted by Niiro

For crossbar it's just a special crossbar set that shows up in the rotation.

How do you put fairy pets back into default auto-mode after setting them to Obey?

With Sic. or you could simply resummon them, they default to Auto.

**Niiro** · 2013-09-12 21:07

Does just hitting Sic under any circumstances work?

Fairies obv don't attack and you get an error if you don't target an enemy, can you target yourself with it?

**Alkar** · 2013-09-12 22:00

No, you have to target an enemy.

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