I Love 4.0 Summoner. A lot.

[Brinzy]

The 4.0 changes to Summoner genuinely are a step in the right direction for me. The focus on poison based DoT's and Egi that barely resemble their Primal counterparts were always things I openly critiqued, despite my love for the job. Ever since 2.0 beta I wanted Summoner to have Summons that were a good representation of their Primal counterpart, and felt more like what I deem a proper Summon to be.

I wish they'd separate the classes then, because I want a DoT-based class. This summoning stuff makes for very non-compelling gameplay to me thanks to non-responsiveness, no actual support for summoning different Egis beyond a 1 min, non-SMN specific CD, and having to proc Bahamuts filler attack.

If they want to triple down on Bahamut-esque play, then they need to actually redesign the class, not simply gut abilities left and right and slap on an ability that makes you "feel" like a SMN for less than 20% of combat time.