Quote Originally Posted by battleshadow66 View Post
While I will admit that I do dislike FFXIV SMN due to it really being a bargain bin WoW Warlock knock off, neither of those things will fix the class. First thing they need to do before that is disconnect SMN from SCH completely. Get rid of the book weapon and give them a whip weapon. Then start fixing the mess the job is in.
Getting rid of the Dots would automatically fix festeruins, which are a problem. Getting rid of the Egis would automatically remove EAs, which are garbage overbloat and offer nothing other than Ruin IV stacks. Then from there, you can build up a real SMN and take whatever direction you prefer most, but if you keep insisting with the egis and the dots, you'll be stuck forever in a convoluted mess that SE has proven unable to fix up to this day.