Quote Originally Posted by Dallas View Post
We get it, we really do. You need an excuse to give your LS to get you your staff without actually admitting "yeah, I *will* be smacking things with it." It's still a bad excuse to pretend that standing around losing mp to perp costs justifies the weapon. If the pet is out, put it on a mob. If it is on a mob, you do NOT need regain.
I could simply say "This staff is pretty, this is the weapon I want lets go Linkshell!" and they'd help me. The fact that there is some worth to the weapon only helps. I've practically solo'd it in spare time anyway.

I use Summoner for 2 things, dicking around cause its fun which may include actually meleeing stuff! (I do this too yes, cap staff skill and everything) However I'm not going in guns blazing to fight an Abyssean Wyrm or a Chariot to feed it tp or force myself to need cures. Regain will build up enough tp to restore my mp (use the weapon skill from a distance) Making it more valuable than MM for the Summoner's MP cost. Pet Stays out, pet gets tp too, making its magic Bp's stronger.

It's a play style, not some radically obsessed summoner way of life.
While using Magic based atma's, an avatars physical damage is piss poor anyway. I might pull off 560 damage on Shuala while allowing shiva to melee in between blood pacts. That would be assuming roughly 7~9 attacks land in that time. That is the equivalent of 1 Swing of a great axe from a well equipt war on the same NM. Melee'ing is insignificant while in a group that has players to actually play the role of melee DD.

I appreciate summoner, I acknowledge that you enjoy playing a bit outside the box and believe strongly in its abilities using that methodology. That shouldn't be your focus and main strategy each time you play summoner though. Sometimes you aught to sit back and not die... feed tp... what ever reason I've mentioned. It's not a crime to cure your party members, haste the ninja, paralyna the DD's.

Please, next comment in response to this, enlighten us as to the true benefit of allowing your summoner to melee. Post some raw numbers and values to make us want to be upfront and in the fact of Orthrus poking him with the blunt end of our staff. I would love to participate in events using this manner of combat.