Something Interesting I found out

[Kametame]

Hey guys, I've found out something really interesting in getting buffs from Light Spirit on other people. I've run this multiple times, and got the same result.

1. When you are in a party and you have Light Spirit out, it will start to buff you first before anyone else.

2. When positioning yourself so that a person is in between you and Light Spirit*, that will give said player casting priority. Therefore, Light Spirit will cast spells on them.

*Positioning is like this.

You >>>>>PT Member>>>>>Light Spirit

Go on and try it out. Maybe this could also be a way to have Light Spirit toss out cures more often.

[Jei]

Re: Something Interesting I found out

:O that's interesting.
What buffs can it do? protect, shell and stuff?

[Kametame]

Re: Something Interesting I found out

It will pretty much cast the highest tier protect/shell (if they don't have it already) and haste/regen on the person "in position."

Edit: Spelling (ugh....1:00 AM is a bad time to type things... >_<)

[Rakshaka]

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I believe light spirit will cast on the person closest to them in whatever direction they are facing. So yes, if you summon light spirit and have the "Light Spirit >>> Target >>> You" position set up, they will cast on your target since they're the closest person. You can also run light spirit so that they're facing someone, then stand behind light spirit without making him move. This will also make light spirit cast on your desired target.

[Darkhound]

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So far.... and back in the day I did some heavy test on light spirit, given at it was rumored that it would cast raise... for me that was false...

What the OP stats is true.... the spirit will cast on your 1st and it sorttof....has a cycle where it casts shell 4, protect 4.

I have also seen it cast curaga III Cure IV (iirc) and Holy!!!!!!

It is a shame that we cannot control what the spirts do, but i guess it would be nice to have a tweek where you could at least set up a "mode" for the spirts like passive, defensive, offensive etc. Given the MP they cost it is a waste of time fot them to be out. Wich makes me wonder why SE hasnt fixed their perpetuation cost!

I think 90% of the summoners just have them for... fun? When we are camping water and there is not risk whatsoever of links or dying, i usually take a spirit out to see if they cast AM.

[Macht]

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It is a shame that we cannot control what the spirts do, but i guess it would be nice to have a tweek where you could at least set up a "mode" for the spirts like passive, defensive, offensive etc. Given the MP they cost it is a waste of time fot them to be out. Wich makes me wonder why SE hasnt fixed their perpetuation cost!

Well with the short time I was SMN I did notice that calling out spirits raised my summoning skill much faster then calling the avatars did. They are a pretty bad mana burn though, other then using to skill up summoning I didn't find much other use for them.

[Darkhound]

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Agreed, they are a great way to leveling smn skill, given they fast cast time, but like you mentioned it, there is not real use for them, I know some of us have tried to use them, and some people have claimed to found the useful. In my 2 years of being a sumoner, i have yet to find a good way to using them. Some others say that you can summon them on an aggro emergency, well that is ture.. but since i have out most of the time..... it not an option for me

[Rakshaka]

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I got avatar magcial accuracy merit lvl 4, and the spirits are still getting resisted on EP with 318 smn skill. Spirits also get interrupted very often.

[Darkhound]

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Have you tried doing the Tier IV spell from your regular avatars? Maybe you will notice something there. I think you should reconsider and try meriting avatar pysical accuracy and pysical damage!

[Rakshaka]

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Yes, tier IV spells of normal avatars were also getting resisted on EP. I plan on meriting physical acc and attack now, since that'll have more of an effect, if not on bloodpacts, then it'll at least help on normal melee.

[Khidir]

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I want to kill SE for making somethings looking so cool BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A FRIGGIN PRACTICAL USE?!

/end rant

please give me a reason to use my air spirit lower the perp and give it the modes like in KH and KH2 similiar to donald and goofy

[Omniblast]

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When you get to level 75, you can switch to merit mode and merit elemental spirit perpetuation. I've heard that meriting this is more useful than actually meriting anything else for smn. Accuracy merits suck as do damage merits.

*sigh* I guess I'll just merit and save up till the next job modification in June for Merit (hopefully) avatars.

[Darkhound]

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I will test this theory once i get home and ill post my findings! This is definatley interesting!

[Khidir]

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When you get to level 75, you can switch to merit mode and merit elemental spirit perpetuation. I've heard that meriting this is more useful than actually meriting anything else for smn. Accuracy merits suck as do damage merits.

*sigh* I guess I'll just merit and save up till the next job modification in June for Merit (hopefully) avatars.

I really want to believe you, really but how is it that meriting spirits is more important than anything else thx to SE?

[tdh]

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Was trying to beat off the latent for my Dagger of Trials this morning with my SMN72 friend. He JUST cap'd his SMN Magic yesterday, and was toying with Elementals while we built TP. His Air Elemental bust out Tornado on a Robber Crab!! I never knew they could break out the AMs. I wanted him to get the Ice Spirit out and see if it would cast Freeze!

I have seen a video of a SMN doing their Maat fight. Light Spirit hit him with Protect IV, Shell IV, Regen, Haste, and one other thing I think. I was pretty impressed. He then healed to full and did the real work. lol