SMN redesign in expansion?

[Zedd702]

I feel like I'm one of the few SMN's who doesn't mind the job as it is. Sure it's not as flashy as the FFXI version that I had envisioned when starting the game, but after so many months of using it as my main class, I've grown fond of how it plays. Of course I'm looking forward to the future of the class, especially the use of new Egi's, but I wouldn't necessarily say I'm hoping for or holding my breath for a complete re-do or overhaul of the class.

Take notes Ryu_Hyabusaa. This guy here is a little different as he at least invested time in playing the job.

And while I respect his opinion as well as his preference, I respectfully disagree and this is why.

This is how I currently view SMN: Just think as if SE added Thief and threw it into the Rogue class and gave it Steal, Pilfer Gil, Something conniving like a sleep ability, and two other skills... I can pretty much say Thief would get the same complaints that SMN is currently getting due to its lazy design... Its DPS is a separate issue and is arguably debatable, unless compared with BLM (which imho should not out-damage something that conjures ethereal beings that is supposed to do massive destructive damage, but eh)...