The change is definitely an improvement from before because the job was an oGCD mess, but now after trying it out the problems with the job seem very apparent. None of our three major mechanics interact at all. Aetherflow, DWT/Demis, and our Egi's are all separate from each other. I'm sure there is rotation that might have it all flow together or at the last it'll be theory crafted into the "best" way to use them to maximize dps, but it still feels disjointed. In stormblood when we spent aetherflow to unlock DWT/Demis it felt so much better because our mechanics were interacting with each other.

I'm going to stick to my guns and say that the reason for all of this is because summoner is trying to be two jobs at once. The old arcanist with diseases/aetherflow and the new summoner with demis. It used to be able to do both but now that they added egi interaction it's just way too much action bloat. They need to commit to the job being a summoner. Something as simple as spending aetherflow on egi assault I&II instead of Fester/Painflare and then having that action link into unlocking DWT/Demis like it used to.