Quote Originally Posted by Flarestar View Post
This. Mechanical issues with summoner aside, the most recent changes put it seriously out of balance.
SMN *should* be sitting at the brd/mch damage tier. Played properly they bring near-equivalent support options.
https://www.fflogs.com/statistics/17...46&timespan=60

If you look at this, (feel free to toggle between the fights) Summoner is almost always consistently in the middle.

The highest parses of samurai/Blm in o1s for example are around 6,355.4
Monks were able to hit around 6.2k
Machinists were able to reach 6,045
While Summoner's highest parse in o1s seems just short of 6k.

In o2s, blm has the highest damage parse, of 6,231.7 dps, surpassing samurai, while summoner's are at 5,912.

Continually looking at the graph, Summoner's can pull good numbers, however, they never fully beat the damage potential of other classes.
the top Samurai is at 5,864 dps for v4s, while summoner's stays at 5,200 level.

Also if you look, Machinist beats summoner in several fights, (not by much.) Machinist being able to add around 100 more dps in fights like o1s and neo. So if you think Summoner should be sitting at the mch damage tier, well... they are already there.