People initially accepted Summoner even though it was Aesthetically a bad iteration of the WoW Warlock because they had the second highest DPS. Now that the Summoner's DPS is marginally better than a Bard people a lot of people arec bashing it and switching to Black Mage or Ninja. People want a Final Fantasy iteration of the Summoner not a bad iteration of a WoW Affliction Warlock.
Right now the Summoner is boring to watch compared to other jobs which have a lot of wow factor.
Summoner should take inspiration from the WoW Demonology Warlock which can also be used to AoE Bursts down a lot of mobs.
-DoTs should be used while waiting for Aetherflow to build and while under the affects of Aetherflow Summoner's can absorb the Egi and temporarily Transform into the Primal similar to metamorphosis
-While in Primal form players have to consume Aetherflow stacks to do special abilities and when the player is no longer under the influence of Aetherflow they revert back to the Summoner and Egi