SUMMONER, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE OR ADD? (EVOLUTION & STAT ALLOCATION)

[Engineer]

Agree 100%.

The Summoner fanboys need to first get it through their heads that this is not FFXI, nor any other FF in the series.

Then its simply not "Final Fantasy" (Summoner wise)

You simply do not have the time to stand there and do your minute long incantation or draw your summoning circle to call out a massive pet of doom. You would go up against the very core of this game.

The spells are not a minute long, and are made to summon pre battle. We also have Fast Cast for emergency use. When did a Summoner ever Draw Summoning Circles?

Is the "reputation" of Summoner truly that important that people are willing to make 9001 topics on the "cool" factor?

Its an Iconic job to the Final Fantasy series, So yes. Its not just the cool factor, its the feel of it, and gameplay style.

Feels like a Warlock in a summoners costume.

How about just having a job that gets what it needs to done? Aside from UI issues, Summoner is good at what it needs to do in this game.

The job is very effective, but its not summoner. A summoner performs through their pet. since Its called a Summoner not Arcane mage, its main thing should be Summon damage.

Imagine having a Black Mage that isnt efficient with Black magic? Imagine if ninja was implemented, but it played like samurai, but was still called ninja?

Just because its efficient doesnt mean its the Job.

Also, more opinion: I like the fact that Summoner can hold its own in a fight if for whatever reason your egis are disabled. Self-sufficiency is awesome. Personally, I wouldn't want too much focus on the pet. 50/50 split at the very most.

I think 80% of the damage should come from the pet. If my Summon dies, i should Bind, retreat, then re summon instead of finishing the fight on my own and summon afterwards.

what we have isnt Summoner, its a Arcane Mage/Warlock in a Summoners costume.


I thought the Point of Jobs was having a playstyle that depicts the name of the job? Thinking of the "Summoner" job now seems really silly.