Quote Originally Posted by Ooshima View Post
You will probably see more SMN (converted from BLM) in FCoB soon.
Other way around. Summoners have been nerfed through gear and mechanics, and BLM has been buffed proportionally as the gear that is terrible for SMN is great for BLM. I cleared T9 as a SMN, but I'll be switching to BLM in the coming weeks as the item levels rise and the gap becomes more apparent.

For mechanics, many more things are lethal or dangerous to pets, and pets do not benefit the group in what we've seen of final coil the same way they did in second coil and first coil (eg, sharing the damage from thermionic beam or being in a soak group for twintania).

That said, if you're not in a progression group, it's still fun to play. It's just frustrating that it's being edged out this patch for seemingly no reason - but BLM players probably felt the same way when 2.2 came out.