Quote Originally Posted by GalaxyGirl View Post

Now the bad things about summoners.
*Now foe requiem doesn't effect summoners, it really doesn't, and there is proof. If you read their attacks you'll see that most of their moves say, (deals unaspected damage) which means unelemental. For req only effects elemental moves so that is why it's so great with black mage.
*they currently have no benefits from any other job.
*they have MP issues if they intend on fully dpsing. I've mained summoner on an alternate character and if you plan on fully dpsing with fester, then you can't afford to waste aetherflow on energy drain unless you have low mana. I know there is mage's ballad but I feel like there should never be a nerf to damage at the expense of another's damage, I only see ballad acceptable if a healer has extremely low MP and calls for it.
*pet commands can't be macros.
*bane only effects 3 others from main target, tri-disaster is only useful for bind, with shadow flare being one of the only useful aoes that can attack a multitude of enemies.
*pet's aren't able to act dependently the whole fight, meaning they will not blow their cooldowns in their pet actions without your permission. (Not talking about rouse or spur)
More of this is wrong than right.

-Foe Requiem works.
-Uh, Raging Strikes/Quelling Strikes/Thunder/Swiftcast are all very useful.
-MP issues are only on long encounters. The only fight where I will always have to use ED, at least some, is Turn 5. I've actually been alleviating that by using +PIE food.
-Pet Commands don't need to be macro'd, and using any macros(except for off GCD skills) is bad. So, you couldn't/shouldn't macro it in with Miasma II or Tri-Disaster.
-These are for balance reasons, and you're forgetting Miasma II.
-They will if you're on Sic, but no CDs even need to be used(ST) other than Contagion. If you need to AoE, you can put Aerial Slash on your hotbar.