New avatars

[Karbuncle]

- BP timer should change concept. It should be a single JA, not Rage and Ward, but it would be the only way to use a pact hate free. In addition all pacts per avatar is available on individual timers that send the hate directly to the Summoner. Now you can play as in the old days, or you can actually be efficient and toss up debuffs on the monster, dispel, hastega, cure etc.

I can agree with most everything in your post, But if i'm reading this right, hate this idea. The one thing i enjoy about Bloodpacts is that they are hate free. having to chose between 1 Meaningful Hate-free BP, and using say Sleepga > Getting resisted and immediately broom-raped due to the hate being on you instead of pet is a terrible terrible idea. Or if you happen to sleep them, now you have hate on everything and your forced to release your pet before he start beating them up to wake em up :|

Bloodpacts, Regardless of how they get used, Should generate Enmity for the Avatar, not the player. Everything else you listed, I can agree with.

[Saenomo]

I don't believe SMN should get off hate-free in many situations. Most of the intelligent mobs should understand that a summoner is pulling an avatars strings and know where they should be directing their enmity. On the other hand, that is going to start a lot of whining.

As a low level summoner, the cost to keep avatars out is too much for anything but a Tarutaru to manage successfully without forcing yourself into the Tarutaru predicament of -HP +MP. Could we get some gear at the lower end of the spectrum with -Perpetuation? I mean sure, I have the Carbuncle's Mitts now and it's nice if I'm going to work with carbuncle as my prime choice for avatar (which is basically what I do on Fields pages, Big nuke with biggest avatar nuke available, then kite with Carby or daily avatar until dead until dead)

I would like to see maybe a set with -Perpetuation at maybe 25-35ish? I don't care about the BP ability delay right now. A minute timer is just fine at low level and at high level, except Abyssea, timers don't really make that kind of difference. Of course, in Abyssea, a minute timer is one use every 5-7 fights.