My take on fixing Summoner

[NintenPyjak64]

Why fix what isn't broken? Also removing Fester? Why am I finding it hard to believe you main smn?

Only thing I would like to see changed is I frit being more useful and Garuda having more worthwhile abilities besides contagion (maybe buff her AoE slightly)

[Pwnznewbz]

Why fix what isn't broken? Also removing Fester? Why am I finding it hard to believe you main smn?

Only thing I would like to see changed is I frit being more useful and Garuda having more worthwhile abilities besides contagion (maybe buff her AoE slightly)

If you actually read my post, you will see why I am suggesting these changes. Additionally, you should note that I replaced fester with summoned egi abilities. My suggestion is a changing the play style of the pets so that the job plays like a Summoner from traditional FF games. Also, removed contagion because that makes Garuda the egi of choice no matter what when you should have options for play style.

[dark494]

Why fix what isn't broken? Also removing Fester? Why am I finding it hard to believe you main smn?

Only thing I would like to see changed is I frit being more useful and Garuda having more worthwhile abilities besides contagion (maybe buff her AoE slightly)

It's not a question of it being not broken, it's just... Well for being a summoner it has not a whole lot to do with the summoning aspect of the job and more of what a red mage from XI did: Debuff and dot. You can take a look around and see that most other games that brand a class as "Summoner" have a lot more going on that's focused around summoning and summons than we do here. Kind of a poor choice of name for the job really. Sure, cool I have a pet running around with me that I summoned all of once when I job changed, and even then the pet is not my number 1 priority; my dots and other spells are. The summons end up just being mere fluff to make my already pretty awesome abilities a bit better but not adding much else besides their own mindless punching of whatever mob I'm fighting. There's little to no reason to use any besides Garuda, and absolutely no reason to swap them around on the fly ever. The egi's need something that makes them stand really apart from the summoner, some oomph to their repertoire.