Quote Originally Posted by Dwill View Post
Class balance should never be made in consideration that the player is terrible. Also, your uptime should be close to 100% as of now. If it isn't, it's a PEBKAC issue.
Making the Summoner a Pet based job would mean that players would have to be good because a Pet Based job requires a lot more player skill then a Dot based job. As for terrible players the Dot Based Summoner we have know is designed for ease of use since any player that can maintain dots and Aetherflow which is easy can have high dps.

Q22: Currently, the summoner job is a DoT-focused job, but I want them to be more of a pet-focused job. Are there any plans to change the design of the summoner job?

A22: Controlling the pet would require a lot of player skill so it might be hard to find a good overall balance.