Quote Originally Posted by CecMiller View Post
Further, as a raiding SMN main in 4.0, I can deal with the Pet OGCDs (though I do agree that it feel like some unnecessary busy work).
It seems like they tried to make these easier since they're basically forcing everyone to use obey now, but it's clearly not easier at all. It almost makes me think that the only way to solve the pet action input delay was to make these oGCDs (or the only way they could be bothered to attempt a fix). Beyond just being a pain to have to weave these after instant casts, the dropped uses you mentioned are just as annoying as having delayed inputs before, and even then as you say, becoming a serious SMN main allowed you to deal with the old pet quirks once you understood them so I'd take that over the myriad extra oGCDs.


The whole philosophy of trying so many major changes to Summoner was and is completely unfounded and frankly insulting when you compare how much easier and enjoyable other classes seem to be with their QoL changes and additions.

There was zero reason to change trances from being aetherflow-charged to hard cooldowns. The progression of trance from HW to the mid-SB changes was logical, following the trend of making classes less punishing, and the final result was well designed. I will never understand the decision to change this when it was lumped in with MCH and BRD in that live letter as classes that needed major changes. It makes no sense.