Arcane Distillect Rk II working?

[Varalla]

When cast it shows up in aura window and pet buff window as Arcane Distillect.
Tried zoning to see if it was just a glitch and it didn't fix.
Is it just a UI bug and still working or is it busted?

[Malleria]

The ranks of Arcane Distillect all cast the same buff, it's just the mana cost of the spell that changes. So no matter what rank you have all you'll ever see is 'Arcane Distillect Effect: Permanent' in your pet window.

[nako]

For those who may not know it, you can pop arcane distillect, suspend pet, remove aura from aura window, unsuspend pet, and then hit Rathe's Strength. The icon will not show up (will still show arcane distillect), but will still buff the pets around it (with rathe's). Useful for the higher aura on main pet, and still get the 10% from rathe's on swarm/group pets without having to stand close to them.

-nako/saryrn

[Voragath]

For those who may not know it, you can pop arcane distillect, suspend pet, remove aura from aura window, unsuspend pet, and then hit Rathe's Strength. The icon will not show up (will still show arcane distillect), but will still buff the pets around it (with rathe's). Useful for the higher aura on main pet, and still get the 10% from rathe's on swarm/group pets without having to stand close to them.

-nako/saryrn

AH! I was just thinking about that very thing tonight. Glad to know it works that way without having to test it lol

[Eandori Raintree]

Does anybody have information about all the collective effects of Arcane Distillect? I don't see it called out on Lucy, on ZAM or even in this very thread. "The New Pet Aura" does not seem to say much if you can get both it, and the old Aura up at the same time.

[Malleria]

Not sure what you mean by collective effects? All the aura does is a 15% damage boost to pets within the area (and only those within your group). The difference between this and Rathe's Strength is the new aura is centered on you while the old is centered on the pet. This gives you greater control of removing it at whim and it lasting more reliably across zonelines, but you sacrifice by having to be close to your pets at all times.

The suggestion above about suspending to keep the effect on the primary pet isn't necessary anymore with the lvl86 Burnout rk2 spell (which adds a 15% boost by itself). The only question now is whether you can stay close enough to your swarms for it to affect them. If yes, use Arcane Distillect. If no, use Rathe's Strength.

[Eandori Raintree]

Fantastic answer, thank you