Can we have an option to make demi-bahamut translucent or transparent?

[Imakun]

Weird, no one ever complained about big summons in XI (a PS2 game of all things). Not even when we used to have an entire party of SMNs with their avatars out full time dealing damage in melee range together with other melee jobs.

Leave SMN alone already.

[bass9020]

And there goes Summoner!

#RIPSMN2017.

[LineageRazor]

Weird, no one ever complained about big summons in XI (a PS2 game of all things).

Actually, this isn't true. The size of summons was actually used as a GRIEFING TACTIC on occasion in XI. I remember camping Aquarius in the Boyahda Tree, with dozens of SMN standing around with Titan summoned to make it more difficult to see when the notorious monster popped. The giant summons of FFXI were definitely an obstruction anywhere that space was tight and on a few occasions even when it was not.

While I can't say that I was pleased with the compact size of the FFXIV summons, I certainly understood the need. Now that we have Demi-Bahamut blotting out the sun, it's easy to see why that decision was made!

[alimdia]

Lol people ruining it for summoners already.

No one in this entire thread is asking for demi-bahamut to be changed, we are asking for an option so party members don't have their field of view obstructed with bahamut, this is a client side change that wouldn't affect the summoner at all, just like how we can hide player effects.

[Maku]

Weird, no one ever complained about big summons in XI (a PS2 game of all things). Not even when we used to have an entire party of SMNs with their avatars out full time dealing damage in melee range together with other melee jobs.

Leave SMN alone already.

Moot point. The viewing angles of XI (played for 9 years with SMN as my 2nd main) was different and a single summon didn't hurt much. Also, XI wasn't based around positional requirements for the jobs. Sure some jobs like THF and SAM had things they have to worry about but those were not as frequent or as facepassed as the XIV battle System.

Also, XI wasn't based around avoiding telegraphiced AoE damage. You got hit and had very low chances of not getting hit by them, AKA why healers actually had to heal in XI. XIV is literally a don't touch the lava battle system. Not avoiding AoEs usually equals death where it was not nearly that bad in XI.

XIV requires far higher visual awareness than XI ever did.

We also don't want the bahamut removed from the game. We just want the option to not see it. You will still be able to see it we just wont. Kind of like minions and player names and such.

[Naria]

Weird, no one ever complained about big summons in XI (a PS2 game of all things). Not even when we used to have an entire party of SMNs with their avatars out full time dealing damage in melee range together with other melee jobs.

Leave SMN alone already.

Actually, I seem to remember summoners being told to put Diabolos away in my endgame ls because too many of them summoned in a small area were causing problems for the rest of the alliance/other alliances in Dynamis.

[loreleidiangelo]

No one in this entire thread is asking for demi-bahamut to be changed, we are asking for an option so party members don't have their field of view obstructed with bahamut, this is a client side change that wouldn't affect the summoner at all, just like how we can hide player effects.

Yeah, SMN is my main DPS job and I'm not really seeing an issue with giving the option to hide the big glowy Bahamut here. I can still see it and frankly that's all I care about.

[Averax]

Weird, no one ever complained about big summons in XI (a PS2 game of all things). Not even when we used to have an entire party of SMNs with their avatars out full time dealing damage in melee range together with other melee jobs.

Leave SMN alone already.

There was a lot less going on in XI, less worrying about effects on the ground.

[Claviusnex]

As far as size I never asked for a larger egi. After the oversized gauges that are still too large on their smallest setting it doesn't surprise me that Demi-Bahmut is excessively large. While making him semitransparent would work I'd rather see an option to make him smaller.

I love my Bahamut but I have to admit having 6 SMNs use him at the exact same time would be an issue in the next 24-man.

We had two of us in a dungeon today and the tank said when they went off simultaneously his screen went white and he lost the boss,

[Ayer2015]

I cant see it being difficult to add an option to turn the visibility of summoned pets off if people really find it necessary