Quote Originally Posted by Risvertasashi View Post
The usual complaint isn't that it's too weak, but that it more closely resembles the Warlock in Blizzard's World of Warcraft than anything from the Final Fantasy series and that the pet is somewhat vestigial (HW only reinforced this by moving more power away from SMN/SCH's pets and onto the characters themselves).
Is there something wrong with that?

Have you guys ever read the horror stories of the old ARR players regarding the original SMN pre-50th before Heavensward?

Yeah no one wanted to play it, the BLM could outdamage it in all circumstance. Both in Single Target and AoE. Consequently it was relegated to the scrap heap and few played it or just outright switched to BLM because the SMN just wasn't viable in comparison.

And on top of that... in NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM... does a "pet class" version of a SMN come anywhere near the Traditional FF Summoner... no matter which game you look at...

FF VII
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvErgY6HpX8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1no4OdDult4

FF Tactics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhUwX-AI4cs

FF3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyWMyfh1iPY

In other words...

No... its always in all FF games treated as more of a BLM style really flashy Nuke... not as some pet who stays with you all the time and a power inherent to the Summoner... not as some pet

This version of the FF Summoner is actually closer by letting the SMN itself use the powers... not by making the pet use them.