My original plan was to keep with Arcanist as well. I do not like to heal others, as I do not have the ability to keep an eye on everyone's health while doing other things. (ADHD....)

I was doing a dungeon the other day and a guy decided to tell me that I was just "gimping through the game" while not choosing to go another route with my class. Because of that, I did go and get summoner and I do like the summons/stat boosts I received but I do feel that I should have been able to be the arcanist without any kind of opinions, however kind or rude, thrown at me simply because I play a different way. I do enjoy summoner, as I said and I can see where that guy was coming from but I thought it was kind of nosey/rude of him to pipe up with that. I feel your pain! :3