[Pole] Do you want to see the summoner class reworked?

[Kaedn]

Yes. While I came to enjoy the class as it is now, I was really disappointed when I discovered it was a dot class with a pet that's essentially a dot with a health bar and a utility skill.
I'd love to see the class changed so that the summons feel powerful, even if the way summoner works now gets scrapped entirely.

[Hurlstone]

Just want to say that I think this job's gameplay is rather entertaining and quite efficient. Neither of those though, are reasons we are voting Yes. The reason we vote yes is because the gameplay is not a SMNR.

Then what is the gameplay of a Summoner? Is it just in comparison to FFXI and past FF games? As I said before, I think the egi could use a re-working, but I like how the FFXIV Summoner class is different to past incarnations, how it has the DoT element which means we do not just rely on our Egi, aeons etc...

[Cabalabob]

Yes.

I do want it reworked, but not from the ground up, I just want it modified so that the DoT's are filler and the focus is on the pets, which is basically the opposite of what it is now. And I want the pets bigger, don't care what anyone else says about lore or whatever.

[Kazumac]

YES

I think the job is very solid as it is. It just isn't very true to the iconic class that is the FF SMN. Summoner's were not a pet class and they were not a dot class historically. I like the class mechanics in thier current form and harbor no hopes that it will drastically change. I just wish I felt more like a final fantasy summoner when playing the job

[AlexPayne]

For bigger egis, play on a bigger monitor/television. Problem solved.

[Akubikumo]

Yes.

I just don't understand the connection to 'disease' in general. Like, when and where did it become a thing that, because you summoned this primal being of pure magic to do you bidding, you must then also have access to poisonous magic. Its a bizarre combination and I cant really enjoy this Job because of it. i like DoTs, I like summons, but why in the world are they the same Job? Every time I play this job I'm asking myself "What the f*** does crap like 'Miasma' and 'Fester' have to do with summoning magical monsters?"...Im sorry, it's...it's just weird. Feels like a practical choice (they needed a DoT class, somewhere, somehow) on SE's part more than a creative or inspired one.

[Eggnook24]

I'd love to see some poles, maybe even dancers using them on a stage waiting for Gil to be thrown their way. Oooh, Gold Saucer might become a gentleman's club!

[Ryel]

Yes

I would love to see the job reworked to fit the Summoner theme more.

[Umero]

I would love current "Summoner" job be renamed to something else more suitable for what the job does. And then give us a REAL summoner in the future expansion/patches.

[IceSpear]

Can I put a maybe? :P

Yes

I think our primary source of damage should come from the pets rather than our selves, but don't get me wrong this is the first MMO and Final Fantasy game that used summons so I maybe wrong, but when I think of summoner I think multiple minions to do my bidding something like Skyrim? Where as we level up we get a trait to use more summons at once, we could still have our damage, but less potent then the summons and some support spells for the summons, but that's just coming from a noob. :P