Quote Originally Posted by Sparthos View Post
SMN is only a powerhouse because thar event spams high damage AOE that wipes everyone else.

In any setting where instant wipes aren't present SMNs damage is mediocre, hate-free damage is no longer needed thanks to improvements in MP regeneration and the class is light-years behind other classes like any other pet class.
No use, their pulling the "I'm a special snow flake" line.

SMN as a job is broke, their pets are weak. Other then PD or SMN procs, why invite a SMN at all. If you want magic damage bring a BLM, if you want melee damage bring one of the long list of DDs. About the only thing SMN is good for is that it's pet is disposable and can easily be brought back, so a few SMN's can just keep tossing pets at something while running away.

Which brings me to a personal beef I had. Awhile back our LS decided to just do a few WoE to screw around. WoE seems ridiculously hard for PUG / random people but it's quite easy for a coordinated LS working together. We did a bunch until one time, as we're clearing floors and killing everything we see a bunch of pets go running off. Few minutes later all hell broke loose as every single enemy along with the zone mega boss came running through. The SMN's had pulled the mega boss and it brought everything with it, those adds wiped our shell. Then for the rest of the fight everyone who entered the zone was instantly wiped by the adds or the zone boss, the only ones who got to stay alive long where the SMN's with their pets. They effectively ruined the entire run for everyone except their little group. From that point on, every run we'd try to do we'd see some SMN group ruining the zone. Sure they got the mega boss kill, but without killing the floor mobs nobody else in the zone built up enough points to get decent loot.