Why do the Egis appearance look awful and unimpressive

[AmyNeudaiz]

Oh look another one of these threads by the same person. @OP - No.

[Dyvid]

I think Akiza plays a Necromancers due to the fact of constant revival of a dead horse.

[abzoluut]

I agree with the OP to some degree. A smn should summon stuff. However, SE chose to make the affliction warlock (world of warcraft) which has a pet.

I wish they actually look like SMNs where they summon one of their primals to do 1 or 2 attacks, it disappers and then summons the next primal which would be part of their rotation.

Now it is just a pet job which is not wrong per se. I think it is because it's the exact same job another MMO has (the way it plays) so it comes of very, very lazy.

[Vejjiegirl]

Found this with a google search
SPOILERS LOOKS LIKE RAMUH EGI.. (Old image)

[Gospel]

Oh look another one of these threads by the same person. @OP - No.

And why not? You should be more respectful of the OP's plea. Or was this thread you made in the past for nothing?
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post2124491

If the OP wants to voice that the primals should be changed, then they can voice it. Who cares if they make the same themed thread in different sub sections of the forum. They're still following the guidelines and just want to be heard. I personally think the egis are fine as they are but I wouldn't be opposed to s/e changing their looks over time either.

[Nikita]

I was really looking forward to SMN in FFXIV. I was disappointed when I unlocked it but decided to take it to max anyway, just to give it a shot. They really did seem to rip off affliction warlock(WoW)/Spiritmaster(Aion) which is unfortunate for me because I had already played those so heavily, I was looking forward to a more traditional summoner role.

Anyways, yeah the Egi pets are pretty ugly with little detail but I don't see that changing anytime soon. Just one of those things you need to learn to deal with I guess!

[Lithera]

Uh, no.

The Summoner job (thus, the summons themselves) first appeared in FF3.

But if you want to be get technical about it, Bahamut's first appearance was back in the very first FF, while Leviathan's (kind of) first appearance was in FF2.

So yeah...

I stand corrected. Yes Sages. Evokers and Summoners were in III and could all summon monsters. They still acted just like FF4 and onward though with the exception that each monster in III had a defensive and offensive spell they could be used for.

[SirSaber]

Why didn't they add the Title -Pokemon Master- for the completition of the Summoner Job?

Would totally fit with a SMN which name is Ash Ketchum, no?

[Tsukino]

No, but it's a very common theme in her posts. This thread comes up about one a month since around the Beta forums were brought online. It's most prevalant with anyone who played SMN in FFXI, however I really don't see the devs changing them much. They might make them slightly more detailed but the players want these grand looking summons and that doesn't jive with the developers vision.

Their "vision" here being a rip-off of warlock from WoW instead of a Final Fantasy summoner.

[Themis]

They look like they do, because that's what SE wanted them to look like. You'll just have to get over it and move on with your life. It isn't healthy to obsess over something you have no control over. SE may take on player feedback when it comes to designing future egis, but it would deviate from their development plan to go back over the current ones (new graphics, animations etc).

Just deal with it.

Posting a thread every day about it isn't going to change anything. It's getting to the point that I may start reporting these threads as some kind of forum harassment.

(I actually like the way they are designed. They fit with the lore behind the job).