Summoner 5.05 changes are in

[Neela]

im really curious why the boost egi cd... do they intend to swap them midfight? Do they intend that we should use it and lose even more uptime/dmg? I’m Smn since release but this time I really don’t get it?...

[Taranok]

im really curious why the boost egi cd... do they intend to swap them midfight? Do they intend that we should use it and lose even more uptime/dmg? I’m Smn since release but this time I really don’t get it?...

I imagine it's to help when people fat finger the button and summon the wrong egi. Having it on any cooldown already is a bit of a bizarre choice, the act of swapping pets is already incredibly punishing as is.

Egi swapping was one thing I wasn't certain on, as well. In theory, it could be optimal to swap out for single target or AoE, right? In practice, something you likely wouldn't ever do with everything else going on. But, an option?

Idk. Spent a bit writing up a big post in another thread that sorta died, but, never really managed to understand SMN and the way things are meant to fit and flow together (because, evidently, they don't very well).

There is no advantage to swapping outside of having a pretty substantial difference in the number of enemies present. No matter how much damage Garuda-egi might do or Slipstream might do, there is literally no reason to swap because the lost GCDs from the pet autoing or Ifrit needing to run back to the boss will more than spoil any advantages you would have had from getting a few extra potency.