sneak finale

just to make sure im not dumb or something, but sneak doesnt hide finale's aggro anymore?

 

It doesn't negate any aggro generated during cast time. Since it takes 3 seconds to cast at level 10, you will generate 300 aggro even if you have sneak attack.

 

so without sneak, using impact>finale would give me 1000 aggro due to the mana cost, but if using finale then i would just get 300 aggro due to 3 second cast? is that right?

 

It generates a total of 1600 aggro (impact lowers a skill's mana cost, but not the aggro generated), but for every second it takes to cast, 100 of that aggro will be generated during the cast time, rather than on the actual attack.

 

yes right forgot about that, but impact generates aggro too no? so total of 1800? haha

so again, then sneak removes this 1600 (or 1800 idk) aggro but doesnt remove the 300 aggro from the casting time? im kinda confused still but thanks already

 

Impact only generates aggro if you hit your target with it, just like other AoE skills. Sneak attack will only reduce the aggro finale generates by 1300 (assuming it is at level 10) because the other 300 aggro gets generated while casting the skill. If it took you 5 seconds to cast finale, 500 aggro would be generated during casting, and the other 1100 would be generated upon hitting your target.

 

i see, so the total aggro is divided then, like if finale costs 1600 mp and has 3 seconds cast time, 300 aggro points will be taken out of these 1600... but i dont know why i keep getting aggro from casting finale with level 10 sneak (10 charges) if it generates a total of 300 aggro

 

Sneak Attack generates 400 aggro.
with the 300 from Finale that makes 700.
if you happen to get more aggro than your party members that way, you will get another 200 on top when the target arrow switches to you.

 

i was farming odelon machina and i was using sneak attack from a previous one we killed, so that just means 300 aggro from the cast, and i would still get the aggro... unless my party was just leeching me and auto attacking not spending any mana then idk why.

 

initiating combat (be the first to attack) also adds 200 aggro.
auto-attacks generate only 10 aggro, so one person must attack at least 30 times to cover your casting.