[New Egis] Are we ever gonna get new ones?

[Imoen]

I hate the whole idea behind "egi-glamours", I find the whole concept of glamoring any skill/spell/summon/ability/action.. in general, undesirable to say the least. (If not handled with extreme care.) It really annoys me , the idea of having to take an extra step in my brain, instead of being able to immediately identify, in combat, at a glance, what is happening ... which is the door this opens up. All this, just to pander to some nostalgic fans, that just can't let it be. I currently kind of like the fact that If I see a Carbuncle, I know it isn't a Summoner.

As a long time fan of Summoner and the FF series in general. I am fine with the way Summoner is right now (Trance & Dots), I don't need to dress up my pet and I have other FF games if I want a more traditional Summoner experience.

I'd rather they take pets away and transfer the abilities all to the Summoner, in the form of stances/trances and Dissidia like type attacks etc... instead of "egi glamor"



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On topic, I have no idea if they are going to add new egi in the future. With the way Summoner functions right now, I don't really see the point. Unless they take a dramatic shift in 4.0 with it. I really don't want them to force them in, just because people want variety or w/e though. I think the Dreadwyrm stuff, was a step in the right direction for Summoner, specifically for XIV. The raw power coming through the Summoner itself, is a much more appealing idea, than little pets that you barely have any interaction with.


This obviously, is all my personal opinion on it.

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One thing that might address some concerns, is an idea I got from a certain cutscene in Final Coil: have a ghostly image of the primal briefly appear when certain Egi abilities are used (e.g. Enkindle). Something like like that already kinda happens when Dreadwyrm Trance is turned on.

Ya, that's kind of the Dissidia type stuff I was talking about, not entirely, but the Ghost Image thing. I do think there is an opportunity to make Enkindle cooler, they could definitely make the Egi's transform / ghost image or whatever during that ability.

I'm actually surprised Spur and Rouse doesn't do some sort of physical pet change... since there is really not much visual feedback other than an Icon on your party list.