Quote Originally Posted by Akiza View Post
Wrong Summoners have always used summoning magic as a base if you read the general description its that they were always either an equip ability or the sub job of a White Mage never their own job. Also Summoner's always had impressive summons which makes the Summoner in this game look like more like weak compared to other jobs.
FFIII - Pure Summoner
FFIV - Your Summoner is also your primary Black Mage
FFV - Pure-ish Summoner
FFVI - No such thing
FFVII - No such thing
FFVIII - No such thing
FFIX - White Mage and Summoner
FFX - White Mage and Summoner
FFXI - Summoner
FFXII - No such thing
FFXIII - No such thing
FFXIV - Summoner and Arcane (Bio) mage

Man, look at how uniform the Summoner job has been in the past. Look how all of them used summoning as a base, or used white magic.

if anything, if we look at past Final Fantasy games as a guide, Summoner shouldn't even exist, as that seems to be the most common thing in FF.