I seem to be the odd man out, but I honestly do not like the new SMN at all really. Arcanist was where I started back in ARR, and SMN was my go-to DPS for a long time, but now it just feels really messy. There's so much going on with SMN's kit and it doesn't have any real synergy with itself.

You have your DoTs and Ruins doing one thing, your Egi's doing another, ED/ES rotation that now is completely disjointed from everything else in the kit, and your Trance cycles, which disable your ability to use several actions while your Demi Primals are out and about.

Honestly, I kinda would love to see them start from scratch with SMN. I don't mean literally make every ability different, but pick a focal point of SMN and rebuild the job around that one concept--making everything work in harmony with that focus.