Quote Originally Posted by Akiza View Post
Summoners aren't a monster dps thats invincible and can't be killed. Most players just ignore Summoners and hope they don't get noticed by them. I played PvP a few times today and I had Dark Knights and Ninjas running pass me while I was free casting on DoTs on their entire party. The truth is Summoners are last on the attack list so most of the time we do whatever we want. Everyone knows as soon as Summoner gets one good hit they run away.
No way are they last on the attack list. Summoners are second only to healers in terms of kill priority (and in some cases maybe behind blms as well). Its all situational on the battlefield but if i had to pick what job falls last on the list it would have to be pld unless they are purposely drawing attention to themselves by diving into enemy groups which is a common tactic for them.

There will always be the few oddballs who dont know what they are doing and just indiscriminately chase whatever is closest to them but for the most part when tanks/leaders are marking targets to kill its always healers/smn/blm. I know I myself cannot express my compassion and the satisfaction I get in seeing a summoner's book hit the floor at the hands of my lance as a drg (and I know for sure I'm not the only melee,tank,ranged that thinks/feels this way) but it isnt always possible for a melee to just jump in there and wreck a smn when they are behind a wall of teammates. That doesn't mean we aren't salivating in the background though waiting for the opportunity to present itself.

You will also see lots of smns running around undisturbed in primal data center simply because GC's love to stack up on smns and as such there will always be one or two that slip unnoticed between the cracks by virtue of sheer numbers. Adders in particular are notorious in primal for smn stacking. I dont know if you are or arent part of the adders seeing as you are in the primal data center but thats another potential reason for a smn to be unmolested.