Level 20 cap

[Aerius]

I've done all the mini battles (except for Ramuh), they were absolutely awesome.
Back when I was a beginner Summoner an LS told me that they could help me get Ramuh, and said I could still do the mini battles.

I guess either I understood them wrong, or they understood me wrong, but afterwards I was saddened to learn that in fact I couldn't do the Ramuh mini-battle after all.
But the mini-battles that I did, the memories of those are very precious to me.

And even today, the most interesting job (and almost the only interesting job) on FFXI for me is Summoner.
When I get rid of the Perp with the Caller's Attire+2 gear, I'm so taking on the original primes one by one, just for the lulz.

In any case, I agree, the mini battles teach a summoner a lot. Heck, you learn one of the most important things, and THE thing Summoner is great at: Kiting.

Your avatars aren't nearly as strong as some pets of BST and or a PUP's puppet, so kiting becomes the thing to do to beat stuff, and so far it's worked great with many battles I've had.

[Aviendsha]

I am sick of all the smns that say that a smn that did not do the lvl 20 mini fights fail. SMN was my first Advance job I unlocked though took sometime for me to get it to 75 since I prefer to have all spells before I take a job further.

I wound up getting them by helping people get them and walking there on my DRG75. I did not take my smn to a ASTRAL BURN until I got 75. I soloed the primes everyday once I got SMN75 for the easy 60k. I loved kitting Bombs in Ifrit's Cauldron. I never went to a pty that wanted me to main heal. Though I did not do the mini fights I DID learn the the job from soloing.

[Neonii]

I also did the mini fights. I unlocked summoner soon after I could on FF and did not have any high level friends. The only one I won on the first try was Titan and I did Ifrit six times before I finally won. Yes an extra reward would be nice. Also it has to be very cool and useful to a 99 and exclusive to the mini fights. I like the idea of a spell to heal the avatars or an exclusive atma. How about a spell to Cloister Warp that works kinda like Dem-Mea-and Holla. The reward would be the ability to Cloister Warp from anywhere. They would have to have a way to make it exclusive to mini fights; So you could not just toss your usable forks and get the spell. If you think about it they really should reinstate warp for the folks who did the mini fights. It would make sense that a character with a pact with an avatar could warp to the crystal.One last thing I still have my used up mini tuning forks sitting in my mog locker as keepsakes.

[Yobetuc]

Ok noob question here. I just recently returned to FFXI and have been lvling my SMN job. I had all the prime avatars up to fenrir. My question; is there a 20 cap battle for Diablos?

[Karbuncle]

Ok noob question here. I just recently returned to FFXI and have been lvling my SMN job. I had all the prime avatars up to fenrir. My question; is there a 20 cap battle for Diablos?

Nope.

Only 1 way for him.

[Karbuncle]

I am sick of all the smns that say that a smn that did not do the lvl 20 mini fights fail. SMN was my first Advance job I unlocked though took sometime for me to get it to 75 since I prefer to have all spells before I take a job further.

I wound up getting them by helping people get them and walking there on my DRG75. I did not take my smn to a ASTRAL BURN until I got 75. I soloed the primes everyday once I got SMN75 for the easy 60k. I loved kitting Bombs in Ifrit's Cauldron. I never went to a pty that wanted me to main heal. Though I did not do the mini fights I DID learn the the job from soloing.

I don't feel SMNs who didn't do the 20 Fights are any worse than those who did do them. I only thought that it is a wonderful, enjoyable experience for a new player. It was truthfully the single most exciting and enjoyable experience I had in the early years of the game. It also teaches you Kiting and survivability early on, Even though you can still learn it later

I literally went to bed excited to do the next fight the next day. even when i failed i was excited to try again.

[Yobetuc]

Nope.

Only 1 way for him.

Darn! but thanks for the quick reply!!