Why are summoners so neglected?

[Stitches1974]

Not sure how any of those contest my point, if that was the purpose?

You said:

I'll repeat again, though: the only issue with a pet-based SMN is the pet movement controls

You didn't say movement issues. You said movement controls. Movement controls would be like pet hold, sic, and obey. If you just said fix obey, I would have agreed with you 100%, but it's not just an obey issue.

For your other points, I agree with them except number 1. Personally, I want to pet closer to the mob before it starts attacking, as they can still be locked out of a fight and I have to spend time to recast. That issue could be solved with A. Pet stays close to it's owner at all times ( currently I have to run farther into the fighting area than I like before the tank aggros the boss ) or B. unless I get hit or I attack, that pet shouldn't do anything when on obey.

The instance bug would still need to be addressed though, as the pet is not out of range. It just poofs for no reason.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Why are summoners so neglected?

Because SE wants them to go to ruin :P

[CosmicKirby]

"Neglected". Compared to?

They're currently 1 of two jobs with unique /commands, and the only job to be receiving unique glamour options in the future, and they have some now.

I can understand that one can feel slighted in only being able to summon 3 base things, but that's not being neglected, it's coming up short of expectations.

[Ririta]

Because SE wants them to go to ruin :P

[Lambdafish]

https://store.na.square-enix.com/pro...ix-pc-download

Try this

[Mimilu]

https://store.na.square-enix.com/pro...ix-pc-download

Try this

I usually hate it when people say "If you love XI so much, why not just go play it instead?!" but I think this is an appropriate time for that response... >w>

[Kazrah]

I'm pretty sure at this point, we can stop saying that summoners are neglected.

[Jijifli]

You can't please summoner community.

On release day of Carbuncle Glamour, I see poeple angry they didn't get certain colors, or that it wasn't Shiva or Ramuh. They were angry over something they asked for patches because Shiva didn't come yet...

These things take time. Yes, we can change the spell's appearance. That's the easy part. Egi's appearance is important though. If it looks ugly, nobody is going to use it when they can choose a cute carbuncle. They aren't neglected.

[Rysir]

Really its not the summoner that is neglected but rather its the summons themselves. Summoner got all the new spells and abilities as time gone by and the summons got.....minor attack buffs and had no gameplay changes or additions since the class/job's release.

Cuz really who actually acknowledges their egi past their frustrating aspects? (Ignoring contagion, dead due to eating every enemy dot in existence,locked out of boss fight,out of range)
Theres so little interaction between summoner and summon that you could phase egis out with another trance then give summoner itself contagion and summoner wont play any differently than it does now.

Just makes me sad that out of the so and so years of playing summoner that all I can remember about paying attention to my summon was when I was angry at it, otherwise it was just an auto attack and DOT timer buff battery that was sitting off screen or just at the corner of my eye.

Or Im just REALLY burned out on summoner or just really angry this morning.

[Kuzonoha]

I main summoner, and I don't mind the summons themselves. I do however care about my contagion. A ton. And the delay in it's skill grinds my gears a bit. Everything else regarding the summoners is fine. I adore their gameplay and while the level 50 rotation leaves a bit to be desired personally, I love how engaging the level 60 rotation is. It's busy in a good way yet pretty mobile.

For Stormblood I don't even mind if the rotation doesn't change too much, just allow the job to be consistent, don't pin me to the ground either Also contagion. It should be on a SMN, not a pet.