SMN Feels Underwhelming?

[Everdark]

It'd look better than darkside at the very least.

[newb]

Or scrap the current setup and get rid of the egi and mayhaps replace it with something like this

** Have us build up a "summoning stack" thing based on the element of the spell used (crazy how it's kinda like trance stacks)
** Stack can be used to summon the corresponding elements primal for ~15-25 seconds(*)
** More than minimum stacks extends duration?

(*) I feel that would lead to a truer representation of what summoner was from previous games and should be, which is a bada** full fledged primal popping up and doing massive amounts of damage to the enemy. While we're at it why not add back in the elemental wheel for all classes (enfire anyone?); wait that's too complicated for "new generation" gamers.

[Pyroclastic]

They could give us the blue aura from the 1st second (without the bahamut head) + the wings that you see when we use LB3, that would be EPIC

[Trixxy]

It'd be cool if they got some kind of aura while in DT.

+1

[Neela]

I feel that would lead to a truer representation of what summoner was from previous games and should be, which is a bada** full fledged primal popping up and doing massive amounts of damage to the enemy.

hmm interessting thoughts... but than they should have overdrive-skills like in FFX :3
This way around they easily could add all those missing primals like Ramuh, Levi, Odin, etc. ^^

They could give us the blue aura + the wings that you see when we use LB3, that would be EPIC

oh yeah the lb3 animation is awesome – i have a fun macro using the wings from the wedding + Deathflare just because of it im just sad that those items cant be bought or refilled somehow... i only have 65/99 left : /

But than again if they would add those wings... what would lb3 look like to stay on top?... hmm...

[Dearche]

Ah yea, those wings are really nice. That is an effect I would love. Wings while trancing, and maybe float in the air too. It would really make it look as epic as it feels.

[SoloWingMetatron]

Personally I love having the Egi as permanent pets, they just need a redesign, or at least a more polished design.

Also I think all of SMN's abilities should have been focused almost fully on the Egi. Of course there have been valid point's why this would be problematic, but I think that only brings to light that perhaps SMN should have been implemented with a completely different play style. For example all of SMN's abilities could have been based on Primal Aether. When the SMN executes one of these abilities an Egi is summoned instantly and does the attack executed (Ifrit comes in and does Flaming Crush or Radiant Shield) the Egi will then stay summoned until the SMN uses a Primal Aether ability of a different element (Aerial Slash) which would instantly summon a different Egi (Garuda).

So it would kinda play like Yuna from Dissidia except the Egi stay permanently summoned as a nice visual, but do not auto attack as all Egi attacks are linked to the Primal Aether attacks on the hotbar, essentially making the Egi nothing more then a magical visual effect that follows you around.

[Hagen]

I feel like the DRG aura should have been the Dreadwyrm aura. It feels strange that they are the ones summoning dragons (on LB3) and auras instead of us. I think the dreadwyrms stacks should give us some aura and increase as it goes to 3, like GL and AF so we can have an actual visual indication of it.

[ErzaScarlet77]

i agree with adding aura but definitely not blue again lol
BoTD and GL aura are already blue-ish

[Akiza]

The Egis are underwhelming and should go. SE based the Summoner around the Evoker/Caller version rather elemental/conjurization. The difference between the two is Ekover/Caller involve invoking the power of a God/Demigod and calling them and the other is a Healer that can conjure a God/Demigod.
- Have Summoner build up Invocation stacks and once we get 3 we Evoke the Power of the 1 of the 6 Primals of ur choosing and gain their abilities.
- Have Sunmoner build Caller stacks and Summon Hydaelyn to do Hyper Nova