Arcanist/Summoner overhaul! A suggestion~

[Madoka]

Most of the posters in this thread aren't good summoners

[Blackcanary]

Most of the posters in this thread aren't good summoners

I'm only guessing it might be because there trying to play Summoner as a pet class not a dot class. That's just a guess. Summoner should of been fixed in the beta but it was never in the beta for some stupid reason.

[Madoka]

I'm only guessing it might be because there trying to play Summoner as a pet class not a dot class. That's just a guess. Summoner should of been fixed in the beta but it was never in the beta for some stupid reason.

It's both, and we have synergy with our pets. Sure ifrit is useless but Titan makes us the best solo class and Garuda pushes our average dps total to the top of the boards. More of our damage coming from the pet would make the class more boring to play. And if we were completely focused on the pet like in XI then micromanaging during bosses would be the worst since it would be much more important to keep both the pet and yourself alive.

[Mimilu]

And if we were completely focused on the pet like in XI then micromanaging during bosses would be the worst since it would be much more important to keep both the pet and yourself alive.

It's not so much that we want Summoner to play like XI's Summoner, it's just that we feel like the focus is really skewed towards DoTs then the actual pets.
While I will agree that Titan is great, Garuda is the only summons that you will actually command to do something and that's just Place and Contagion, which for a pet-based class, is kind of lackluster. Plus the lack of variety or versatility in their moves, being only stuck with four moves each, is kind of a letdown, especially considering that Titan and Garuda are both Carbuncle-reskins with a +10 attack potency on all their moves.