Why Make Jobs useless ?

[Luvbunny]

SMN is not entirely useless in abysea. Sure, most things can be done with a solid group of 3-6 people, and the core group would be whm, a tank (ninja, thief or dancer), blm, with addition of war, blue or bard, and back up tank. Summoner can easily become a back up tank, and a DD. With minikin, ducal and razed ruin (or elemental atma for garuda/leviathan), Summoner can easily become a solid back up tank when the main party wiped - yes it can happen sometimes - and it is nice to know there is another job that can easily hold the NM for a bit while the rest unweakened.

Yes the SMN still has many problems, namely because as it is now, it is a bit unclear what it's suppose to do. It can do a little bit of everything but not the best at one main thing. A BLM can nuke and kill faster than a Summoner, though SMN could almost match the damage but takes a bit longer to kill. This has always been the problem with jobs that are a little bit of everything in aby - Rdm, Sch, Blu, Cor and Pup.