Enjoy Summoner before it gets nerfed...

[Red_Wolf]

Caster's being called OP in this game... somethings never change.

I haven't PvP'd in a while but I'm fairly certain two things haven't changed. Any melee attack will interrupt any caster (as if to say melee players are too dumb to use CC abilities). And, a summoner's burst is telegraphed a mile away. Find a healer that cleanses DoTs and your SMN problems will go away.

[Vandril]

And, a summoner's burst is telegraphed a mile away. Find a healer that cleanses DoTs and your SMN problems will go away.

Not anymore.

SMN has an All-DoTs-In-One-Button ability which has cooldown that aligns well with their other CDs. There's no more setup, really. With proper CD usage, they can now achieve their full burst in a few GCDs. Often times, you'll be at half health before you can react, and dead before you can run to or away from the SMN.

Granted, that's with all their CDs available. And most classes have that kind of burst potential on single target when they have their full array of CDs, so I won't comfirm or deny how OP SMN is right now.

[Gooner_iBluAirJGR]

And most classes have that kind of burst potential on single target when they have their full array of CDs. . .

nuff said.
/10char

[Vandril]

nuff said.
/10char

Not really. What I posted is only an observation of one aspect of the overall balance situation involving SMN: DMG:TIME potential in burst.

Most classes have that kind of burst potential. But most of them could not do it so easily from a range without any realistic counter aside from simply not being targeted from them to begin with, and with a huge AoE nuke as part of their single target burst.

I'm not saying that SMN is overpowered, but neither am I saying it's perfectly balanced. They're just not so badly overpowered as some people are making them out to be.