Summoner's Job Evolution

Lets be honest, 75% of us expected something a little closer to 11 and that's why we picked SMN... Instead we're more like warlocks from wow

On the Beta forums, I saw someone bring up a concept similar to AION's Spiritmaster, where as the class leveled, their pets became more detailed and subsequently larger. It's my hopes SE can implement something similar. As it stands now, I have no issue with the size or appearance of our Egis. I love the lore behind our Egis and to me it makes perfect sense how they work story-wise and their implementation in-game. However, looking at the future, a level 100 Summoner should be able to command something much more formidable than a level 30 Summoner.

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Originally Posted by Spellbinder

I'm sorry, but the game's "lore" is a poor excuse for why summons are the size of lalafells.

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lmao that comment made me day got a good laugh out of it xd

I believe the quote is "size does not matter"

in terms of practicality I don't really want a 20 foot summon in a raid anyway

You just need to use the thunder stone on your Ramuh Egi and he'll become Raichu.

Simple fix for this, Spur = more pronounced Egi.

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Originally Posted by Ryuko

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This actually makes no sense, as your character was supposed to be immune to primal corruption due to "echo" plotholes ftw! also you saying that a summoner is just one person kinda takes away from the Grandeur that has always been known as summoners.
Yuna would turn in her grave.

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Originally Posted by Devaking55

This actually makes no sense, as your character was supposed to be immune to primal corruption due to "echo" plotholes ftw! also you saying that a summoner is just one person kinda takes away from the Grandeur that has always been known as summoners.
Yuna would turn in her grave.

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I think all Summoners from past Final Fantasy games will be turning over in there grave with Final Fantasy XIV version of Summoners if Square wanted to model a Summoner Damage Dealer they should've went with Rydia

I'm a smn from 11 and I liked the job but I felt more like support than a mage. In the past ff games smns were the kings of magic dmg. In 11 I couldn't compete with a blm.
In XIV I do feel that my pet isn't as bad ass as I'd expect but at the same time I don't feel handicapped when it's not alive. In 11 when my pet was down I was literally my sub job (whm). Until the blood pact cooldown wore off I felt dead weight. In XIV I do feel more like a warlock from WoW but at least I don't feel worthless without my pet. I got some pretty good dmg dealing ability's without the pet.
What I was thinking about with the whole egi is too small. What if we had an ability much like astral flow from 11. Something with a long cooldown, I hate to bring up that word because we already have issues with enkindles recast, but for a brief amount of time your pet was super charged and it changes into the actual primal for the duration?

I feel more like a DOT class than a SMN Job, I just wish the focus was more on controlling the Egi with DOTs as a supplement. As it is right now DOTs take priority over using the Egi as the primary force of defeating the lore.