Summoner Revamp Ideas

[Mimilu]

There could be some vanity modifications to the Egis, such as the option to turn Garuda-Egi into a Ramuh-Egi or Shiva-Egi, but, beyond that there's not really all that much that the job needs.

I really hope that they don't replace the current Egis with new ones like Ramuh and Shiva and let them be there own Egis, with something that can compete with Contagion. I really don't like that Garuda is the only summons worth commanding (Titan's a tank and shouldn't be used in parties and Ifrit is too buggy and squishy to be used often) and even then, it's for either placing or Contagion. When I compare SMN to SCH, even though most people only use Eos, you have so much more usability and control with SCH's pets. While Titan can remain the same for soloing, I wish they would fix Ifrit's buggy attack, and change both his and the rest of Garuda's moves to actually make them usable and worth controlling.

[Kitru]

I really hope that they don't replace the current Egis with new ones like Ramuh and Shiva and let them be there own Egis, with something that can compete with Contagion.

I could actually see that, assuming that the devs gauge the value of the replacement properly. All SMN pets follow a pretty basic loadout comprised of an ST attack, an AoE, a CC utility/attack, a nuke, and a wildcard. CC/utility could remain identical to the equivalent Egi (though it would probably work best being thematic: Ramuh would probably get stun while Shiva would get KB or bind) and the nukes are all just variations on "big AoE damage on long CD". The only real difference is the wildcard, which can be pretty much anything. They could give SMN a certain level of support capability by giving Ramuh and/or Shiva group buffs akin to Selene and Eos' buffs (e.g. Ramuh increases magic defense by 20% for 20 seconds every 90 seconds; Shiva reduces elemental resistance on a single target by 10% for 15 seconds with a 90 sec CD); as such, Garuda/Ifrit would still be the best straight up DPS pets but the others would have niche functionality for groups (for those previous recommendations, Shiva would be amazing for caster heavy groups while Ramuh would be quite useful for AoE intensive fights).

Even so, that's not really discussing a revamp of SMN so much as addition of new capabilities to expand their given role/functions.

[Mimilu]

...Garuda/Ifrit would still be the best straight up DPS pets but the others would have niche functionality for groups...

What I think they should do with Ifrit is make Radiant Shield a buff he can cast of a selected target or they should just get rid of it for something more suited for a Melee DPS. I mean, he really has no use for it, seeing as he rarely ever gets more enmity then his SMN, so when will he get hit to take advantage of its spike damage. With Radiant Shield as a targetable buff, he will now have more utility, being able to place it on the tanks and it will give us a reason to keep him in Obey so he won't spam Crimson Cyclone and ruin the tank and/or DPS's stuns (that is IF Burning Strike is his default attack, I've never placed Ifrit in Obey to find out...).

[Mimilu]

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Also, I think they could give Garuda an Aero-DoT spell that can be effected by Contagion, just so she can have something else you can command her to use when needed... >w>