[1.2.381] The Wind

Should probably not include summons in calculations due to the fact that during most boss runs, archers won't be allowed to have their summons out, thereby reducing their full bossing capabilities. Granted they'll do it during solo bossing and training, but really, if ever they get to do a squad run, most likely people will be like : OMG Y U SUMMON 4????? U MAEK ME LAGGGGGG! STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP!!1111!" >.>

That used to be more of an issue when 1) Phoenix was crappy and 2) Boss runs had more than 2 parties. Nowadays boss runs, event pb and cht, never go above 3 parties (3 for cht for safety for drops) and in that you've got warriors and nl's etc. The number of archers is only a couple and a couple summons isn't a big deal, never heard of people lagging on the runs i've been on when I have phoenix out.

Additionally, phoenix does respectable damage for just hitting a button to pull it out. I have it out at pb. HT solos are different as auto-aggro is broken and I don't want to aggro other parts of ht when I can just solo the wings or w/e i'm attacking and only be attacked back by one thing. When that's fixed, you can bet my phoenix is coming out.

When JUMP comes out though, Phoenix will be an invaluable asset and you can rest assured that any high level bossing archer will have it out. Think of it like beholder. On boss runs, do you ever see a DrK without their beholder? Nah, just doesn't make sense.