So, the summoner...

[SenKoyo]

I don't mind the gameplay, but I don't really understand why I'm summoning elemental beings...and I use diseases. It doesn't feel right. I just feel like I'm abusing Garuda for Contagion, otherwise she doesn't offer much at all.

[Darkstride]

I don't mind the gameplay, but I don't really understand why I'm summoning elemental beings...and I use diseases. It doesn't feel right. I just feel like I'm abusing Garuda for Contagion, otherwise she doesn't offer much at all.

Agreed, there is a disconnect between the spellcasting and the pets. It made more sense back in 1.0 when the original Thaumaturge had all the DoTs (Dia, Bio, Poison, etc) and debuffs. Conjurer had the elemental spells. They should have just left them as-is. Bringing in Arcanist/Summoner as a DoT class was such an odd choice. Since THM had been altered to act as the base class for Black Mage, I feel like they tried to kill 2 birds with one stone by making a pet class AND re-introducing DoT's all in one package. Arcanist/Summoner/Scholar didn't get the treatment it deserved.

[Nux]

I don't mind the gameplay, but I don't really understand why I'm summoning elemental beings...and I use diseases. It doesn't feel right. I just feel like I'm abusing Garuda for Contagion, otherwise she doesn't offer much at all.

The gameplay was nice for DoT class, but as the base design for summoner ... it was bad

for side note this is what i called deceptive advertising, take a look at this i don't think that we're given the power to summon primals or some awesome egis. Its funny that particular page actually made me choose summoner ... well played