Why are summoners so neglected?

[Mhaeric]

The summoner sucks crowd are a vocal minority. Are there things that might be improved, such as pet responsiveness and visual impact? Sure. But broken, the job is not. Different than what some people might want? That's a given no matter what it is. In 2.0 that claim had some merit since smn was underwhelming with only dots and a couple of dot exploits, but 3.0 changed it into a more than viable job.

P.S. when FFXlX.V:Online comes out and SMN is different people will be pointing at this game as what makes a traditional summoner. "What do you mean my summoner doesn't have any dots?! Where is my true summoner SE?!". Just some perspective.