Why Not Remodel the Summons?

[BlaiseArath]

I just want my carby back *sniffle*

This^

They lured me into SMN with promises of Carbuncle! I wish I could just stay ACN ._.

Carbuncle is the only summon we get that actually reminds me of Final fantasy and beyond that actually looks like a finished model. The others just look like last minute abominations we accidentally conjured while trying to bring our dead mom back to life.

[MageBlack]

Well then I congratulate you, you are probably the first person I have met that likes the current summon looks.
The look can be more important for some people than functionality, it is just a matter of opinion.

I admit that I am dumb but I wouldnt be able to main a class that is followed by either big yellow potato or some mutated flying green stick. Selene and Eos are much smaller than Garuda and Titan Egi and they still managed to make them more detailed.. atleast they looked like that to me.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I am not the only one who is not up in arms over an aesthetic aspect of the game. Just look through the rest of this thread, or maybe one of the other threads created about this. Also not sure where you go the impression that i like the current aspect, i only said i understand the reasoning and I'm fine with it. I'm waiting until there is more concrete information on the FC Global Summoning system before I go summoner because I dont feel the summoner is really completed. There are still at least 3 more summons they need to add Egi's for. I know that Egi's arent the final thing for summoners, I dont feel it was rushed but I don't think it is fully flushed out and realized yet.

3.XX will see more filling out of systems introduced through the 2.XX patches.

[Averax]

Magic chicken nuggets and magic hot sauce are great

Its magic cat vomit that needs the most work.

[Duelle]

Because the summons you use are not the actual primals, they are fragments of their power that rubbed off on you during the storyline drawn out and given shape.

Assuming that arcanists are the aetherial version of computer programmers, there's also the fact the "code" arcanists have access to is a bit limited so the next best thing would be getting the egi as close as possible. Sort of how super robots work, where usually the one you see most of the time is a scrubby human interpretation and the upgrade that is almost invincible turns out to be the "true" form of the robot; see the Mazinger mythos for an example (egis = Mazinger Z, full primals = Mazinkaiser).

[Adire]

Hello,

I do not own a summoner but I do think it's a fun job to play. However, the only reason that's keeping me from playing this job is how poor the summons look, a big turn off. Seriously what was the team thinking when they created them? Honestly when I first joined the game and looked at them, I was surprised of how bad they looked. They look like they're made out of clay..

Why not remodel and make them look like actual summons..

Something something server bandwidth. Something something space. Something something Miqote butts removed for space. Something something Heavensward. Something something resources.

With the exception of Miqote butts since that is situation specific, did that sum up the typical arguments as to why we can't have nice things?

[Rhas]

Honestly though, when you look at the summons and the textures it's like you're back playing pokemon red on the gameboy.

Gotta ketchup them all?

[Arkann]

I would've liked it better if they were shrunken down (egi/fairy sized) version of their Primal



One can dream

I wish they could look something like that too. I'm awful at PHotoshop so don't laugh:

[Nikita]

because yoshi p felt FF11 summons cheapened them because everyone had the summons as their true form.

...And their implementation of the Egis don't cheapen the look of Summoner as a whole?

People aren't asking for FFXI summons, they're asking for summons that actually look SOMEWHAT formidable, because they currently look laughable. The shear amount of threads since the launch of 2.0 on this exact same topic is testament to that fact.

[myahele]

I wish they could look something like that too. I'm awful at PHotoshop so don't laugh:

Wow! Amazing work. If only it would something similar will be implemented ;_;

[KaedrianLiang]

Full fledged summons that use their signature moves are coming soon. There are other systems taking priority right now but it is in the works. Until then, these are elementals so i dont see what the problem is.



Source

I dont think that has anything to do with the SMN kit. It will be a standalone system where a party can summon the prime form of a primal to do their bidding for a short time. "An Ace in the Hole." system much like Limit Break

Much like how Lightning summoned that Odin to help her out during the Lightning Returns event in Mor Dhona.