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[Siveria]

I am curious about this, because I am a battle alch and I assume the pet is going to lower my exp if it fights with me, whats the point to having them? I mean Lif *could* be useful if she didn't have to eat crafted items to cast a heal, if she doesn't now i'll be surprized but she did when I played last.

[Dammage]

Yes very worth it, you can use it as a tank, it can leech you when you dont feel like playing, it can help you do more damage with acid bomb and make MVP fights so much easier with volcanic ash (if dieter).

[CeruleanGamer]

Also Pain Killer from Sera Homunculus S makes you tank Valkyrie Randgris no problem.

[DrAzzy]

I am curious about this, because I am a battle alch and I assume the pet is going to lower my exp if it fights with me, whats the point to having them? I mean Lif *could* be useful if she didn't have to eat crafted items to cast a heal, if she doesn't now i'll be surprized but she did when I played last.

Homun only eats job exp.

If you're on Classic, a homun is worth having because you can actually AFK level with it (I saw upwards of 1.2m exp/hr semi-afking with homun out, at 1x rates, back in the day)

If you're on Renewal, you should have a homun to afk level when you can, because the Homun S's get rather powerful, and you want to be ready to change your homun to homun S as soon as possible. Dieter for WoE, Sera for painkiller, etcetera.

[Tetsamaru]

You will hit job 50 WAYYYYYYYYYYYY before you hit level 99. So job experiance isn't an issue.

Even with trans classes, you should still hit level 70 long before 99 as well.

[Siveria]

AHh cool, I use Azzy AI is there a way to make it only attack what I am attacking? or is this not possible? Because last I heard (and mind you this was a year ago so it may not be true now a days) you can't heal your homun at all you have to let it sit. Is this still true? My current homun is a filir. WHat Homun S does it become?

Edited by Siveria, 24 August 2012 - 12:57 AM.

[DrAzzy]

AHh cool, I use Azzy AI is there a way to make it only attack what I am attacking? or is this not possible? Because last I heard (and mind you this was a year ago so it may not be true now a days) you can't heal your homun at all you have to let it sit. Is this still true? My current homun is a filir. WHat Homun S does it become?

Set it to be non-aggressive (AggroHP = 100 is the easiest way to do this), and it will only fight things you're fighting, prioritizing things you're attacking. I never got around to writing code to have it drop everything to attack what the owner was attacking.

You have always been able to heal homun using Aid Potion.

You get to choose what homun S you want. What kind of homun you had doesn't matter.

[Siveria]

Ahh thanks all, What homun is the best overall as an alchemist? I am gonna assume vanil, i got a filir atm.