Quote Originally Posted by Mimilu View Post
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.