Quote Originally Posted by Flana;4453560
In addition to that, [B
Aetherflow and Aethertrail[/B] continue to be a massive annoyance because they remain mutually exclusive. Your first Trance of the fight is effectively worthless since you have to throw it away to get Aetherflow rolling on cooldown to get to Summon Bahamut. This also crops up midfight during any encounter with a long enough intermission, like Grand Cross Omega. It feels awful to build up to what is supposed to be a higher-power moment only to throw it away because most of your kit is locked behind it.
While I agree with most of your post, I have to disagree with how you suggest aetherflow be fixed.
Dreadwyrm with how it is currently is built perfectly to weave aetherflow in. Ruin 3 being instant in dwt, would give you the perfect time to weave fester. I think aetherflow (the action) and the actions associated with it should be used freely in dreadwyrm trance, however not get the damage increase from it.

Quote Originally Posted by Llugen View Post
I only skimmed your OP, and while I agree that Bahamut is annoying to handle particularly while moving and that Rouse is slightly counter-intuitive with the timings, SMN is insanely powerful now and if anything needs a nerf sooner than anything more quality of life.
If the OP had his quality of life Changes, Summoner would be more balanced as a result. Wyrmwave padding, and ahk morn would be tuned to balance out the class. Getting less Wyrmwaves, or less damage but getting them consistently without getting frustrated is a happy trade off to me. One massive ahk morn for 950 potency would be better in my opinion then 2 ahk morns for "680 Pet potency"

The only reason summoner is "insanely powerful" is cause Square Enix nerfs something into the ground (See machinist) then overbuffs it to compensate.

People like me will still hate Summoner no matter how powerful it is, if they play style is still god awful to play, and a clunky mess when most classes have been smoothed out. I can't think of a single class that is clunky like Summoner is clunky. The long delay on pet skills, and the chunkiness, just replace fun with frustration.