Why Not Remodel the Summons?

[KaedrianLiang]

i'd love it if the summons were the same exact models as in XI.

The dev team's argument is to "simplify" their presence (and reduce cpu/gpu processing power).

Same exact models as in XI, reduce them to sch fairy sizes, and im sold and I'll overlook the fact that the XIV smn kit is unoriginal.

[Aryalandi]

^ this idea, so much this, more this SE
.....x.x i actually /badly/ wish egi's looked like their primals.. >.>;; very badly...

[Aivi_lo]

A thousand times yes! I stopped playing smn because they annoyed me so much. The only good one is carbuncle and I'd choose that over the happy meal if I could.

[Aryalandi]

Only thing I could think of to make this happen that would be lore appropriate would be.. linking the primal to your characters level, higher level the summoner the more primal-like the egi looks because they would have an increased aether availability and that is pretty much how primals and tempered things work. Or have it be a limit break where you very momentarily summon a primal-ish level egi then dismiss it after the attack

[Dererk]

its obvious they can make them look better just look at the mini beards and phoenix egis.

[Neri]

Maybe if the summon has some textures, it would probably be better. I guess something like the certain flying npc that you get as a minion?

[Nalfein]

Because I love having a summon that looks like it's made entirely of chicken nuggets stuck together.
Pass the ketchup please.

hahaha jamein's comment made my day~

[Nalfein]

The only good one is carbuncle

Actually i was wondering as well why did they created this avatar with his original shape but made garuda, titan and ifrit egies. They are all avatars but only one of them looks like a real one, that one that only arcanists can summon and that we can't even have access after we become summoner. I wish they remodel them they are the most messed up in all final fantasy history.

[Nikita]

Even if the summons are just fragments... They could have made those fragments a hell of a lot better looking.

[Kuurei]

Maybe once we get enough Egis, they'll finally give up and decide to just make "enhanced" versions of each summon, separating the two classes so for SMN instead of Summoner 1/2/3/4/5 and so on, it'll be Summon: Fragmented Ifrit/Summon: Fragmented Garuda etc. to show that we are capable of controlling just a bit more of their power.