Anyway, basic summary of this thread is:
1) Situations where summoner is the best job to use are situations that are not conducive to meleeing.
2) Summoners that like playing summoner can do better damage on Summoner with 175 items sunk into an Emp staff than they could on a melee that they don't like playing (or potentially don't have leveled).

I know at least people are going to disagree with number 1, but no one has provided a single specific example of a situation that falls outside of my 3-5 "strategic uses" of Summoner. I've seen a lot of "I go summoner and it feels like helping enough that I'm better than an empty party slot" but not a lot of "This is why I'm better than any other job in this situation." When you claim something, the burden of proof is on you and not your opposition.