Quote Originally Posted by CatStarPrime View Post
From the tradition of "Final Fantasy" games.

I don't play BLM; but in my Squee-fangirl heart of hearts, I believe the Black Mage (played correctly, with elegance) should always be the "Biggest Gun in the Universe" - the profession which makes everyone go "OH STERCUS WE ARE GOING TO DIE!" when they enter a room, with dramatic theme music

Summoners are stereotypically "nicer" than Black Mages; they tend to not want to go for FULL POWAH, playing to empathy.

And so on

~From an average SMN
Eeh? Have we been playing the same games? As far as I am aware Summoners have always been the far more... explosive mage. Granted Summoners can be seen as "nicer" but they are far from weaker. FFIX springs to mind. Vivi is next to useless end game compared to Eiko and Garnet, or even Quina for that matter.

Though they may have always been generally weaker in ST throughout the series, their ability to take out multiple foes was rarely, if ever, matched.