SMN redesign in expansion?

[Romsca]

I think what SE did is that the three new professions in 3.0 have neither class nor job soustone. They are fully developed when you unlock them. There are lots of way to improve the current summoner iteration without affecting acn or sch.

[Orrias]

There are lots of way to improve the current summoner iteration without affecting acn or sch.

The problem is that SMN's woes stem from the inefficieny of the mana returns from Aetherflow and Energy Drain, as well as Energy Drains low potency to warrant it's use over Fester to maintain competitive dps. Both of these abilities are linked to SCH because both Jobs are coupled with the ARC class.

In my opinion, the SMN job comes across as a rather lazy and possibly rushed after thought by the developers, to try to add their own Job to the mix, and it feels like it was just left to see where it would naturally progress to w/o much care or thought.