Quote Originally Posted by Razushu View Post
SE has never said they want us to use Avatars and spirits equally, in fact whenever they talk about us the say "Avatars". Why would the elemental Gods not have access to heavier nukes than spirits? I honestly don't see how SE could have intended us to use spirits for nuking over Avatars, they're damage was terrible even at low levels. The spirits were there so Summoners could have something other than Carbuncle to use when SMN was first introduced, they were then given new life with Elemental Siphon. This ability alone makes them far more used than some of our Avatars.

Thank Altana they let spirits fall behind in favour of Avatars nuking, I wouldn't like the choice of Buffing/DDing(w/Physical pacts) vs. unpredicatable nukes only. A controllable pet is also far superior to an AI one(ask any PUP), I'd take Heavenly strike on demand every time over a chance of a Tier IV or AM. There's nothing wrong with abandoning spirits early in favor of Avatars(ask any newb lvl 1 WAR that picks up a G.Axe over the Onion Sword at the earliest point possible), the tools we use at low level get replaced by our higher level abilities sometimes.
This post x100, everything is spot on here to me.