Huge SMN nerf: we're losing Thunder

[Ryuko]

The amount of "I dont even use Thunder" is just baffling to me.

Me too! There are people saying they've actually removed it from the bar because of how useless it is. I don't know, but using Thunder always made sense... We've become a DoT class, so an extra DoT is nice. Also, the damage from the DoT becomes the reason Thunder is better than just throwing another Ruin. Constantly-ticking DoTs are always preferable to direct damage, especially when MP is considered. I'll miss Thunder because, while it wasn't necessarily a SUMMONER ability, the DoT aspect made sense with our class. Blizzard 2 makes me feel kind of weird, especially its similarity to Tri-Disaster. The only real thing taking a hit by the Thunder nerf is single-target DPS (since Thunder doesn't spread with Bane), so why are they then buffing our AoE? Our AoE was lower than BLM, but our single-target was equal if not superior. Now our AoE and single-target will be lacking.

[MakotoNano]

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What gets me is. Thunder is JUST as strong as our other dots. If you think thunder is useless you might as well not cast any of your dots and just spam Ruin, Ruin II, and Energy Drain.