I really enjoy my SMN...
Granted, I only play SMN when soloing or someone else in my FC wants to heal.
But regardless, I REALLY enjoy the way the XIV SMN plays and feel.

I get where you all are coming from, and I have faith that SE will do right by us in the long run.
As far as not feeling like a summoner? Things change all the time in Final Fantasy-- look at SCH, for example! Next to nothing like the XI SCH job, yet I embrace it for what it is in this incarnation and enjoy it immensely!