Do Shourts (i.e. "GtfE!" ) affect minions?

Zinger314

Zinger314

Debbie Downer

Join Date: May 2006

N/Me

Noticed shouts like "Charge" which Devona uses don't affect my assive army of minions. Does [skill=text]"Go for the Eyes!"[/skill] affect Minions' crit ratios?

eightyfour-onesevenfive

eightyfour-onesevenfive

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

7??13'35" E - 50??06'27" N

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

According to my own tests, minions are affected by "Charge!". I don't know about "Go for the Eyes!", though.

Tetris L

Tetris L

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Germany

Servants of Fortuna

"Allies" includes minions, pets and any friendly NPCs. "Party members" doesn't.

Thomas.knbk

Thomas.knbk

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

IIRC this was fixed in a recent update which made them only affect party members.

geekling

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zinger314
Noticed shouts like "Charge" which Devona uses don't affect my assive army of minions. Does [skill=text]"Go for the Eyes!"[/skill] affect Minions' crit ratios?
It should, according to the description. But then again, we all know that Anet sometimes lies in those skill descriptions.

GftE does affect pets though, the new little pet controls will tell you that. Which is a good indication that it does indeed affect minions too just like [skill]"Fall Back!"[/skill]. Only with "Fall Back!" you can see the effect as there is a visual clue, not just in speed. But with the bubbles of healing trainling after the minion army.

tijo

tijo

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Montreal

[CDDR]

R/

I think it' said in the update notes on the official site that some shouts/chants only affect party members now. Probably due to the use of those skills with minions. GftE doesn't seem to be one of them but as geekling pointed out, sometimes the descriptions aren't very accurate to what the skill does.