SMN 5.1 Job adjustments

[Atamis]

Phsyx is still trash and heals for less than 900/gcd
Bane still reduces dot damage to 60%
Previous pet casted abilities are now on the GCD......
Aetherpack still requires an EGI... and can wiff.. and still takes ages for the pet to decide to cast it
Titan armor still requires 1) a target 2) wasted GCD to summon titan, 3) a charge, and now 4) another GCD to entice titan to cast it...
Enkindle can still wiff
Bahamut still moves instead of casting waves

Overall the class went backwards for some minor potency increases.

[AdamWarlocke]

Phsyx is still trash and heals for less than 900/gcd

THIS ^

This is basically why our survivability on solo content (most especially on Boss/Mini-Boss Fates and some party content) is close to zero. SMN Physik does NOT scale the same way a SCH does that it's a retarded ability on a summoner. Quite embarrassing when your own Chocobo can out-heal you in a pinch. Hell, a Red Mage's Verrcure out-heals a SMN's Physik every single damn time no matter what. If a Red Mage's VerrCure can scale as they level, why can't a SMN's Physik?

Why the hell does SE bring in some so-so "kinda good" changes to SMN, but then "balances" it with a lot more BAD ones that it makes the class a gorram CHORE to play with now, why SE?

[Numenor1379]

THIS ^

This is basically why our survivability on solo content (most especially on Boss/Mini-Boss Fates and some party content) is close to zero. SMN Physik does NOT scale the same way a SCH does that it's a retarded ability on a summoner. Quite embarrassing when your own Chocobo can out-heal you in a pinch. Hell, a Red Mage's Verrcure out-heals a SMN's Physik every single damn time no matter what. If a Red Mage's VerrCure can scale as they level, why can't a SMN's Physik?

Why the hell does SE bring in some so-so "kinda good" changes to SMN, but then "balances" it with a lot more BAD ones that it makes the class a gorram CHORE to play with now, why SE?

Meh, BLMs don't even have that crappy heal as our only spammable heal was removed in 5.0 (rip Drain). BLMs only have their AoE Sleep and Manaward now for self-sustain.. SMNs have a healing DoT in Firebird Trance and now a shield equal to Manaward (clunky to use sure, but equal mitigation).

[Taranok]

Meh, BLMs don't even have that crappy heal as our only spammable heal was removed in 5.0 (rip Drain). BLMs only have their AoE Sleep and Manaward now for self-sustain.. SMNs have a healing DoT in Firebird Trance and now a shield equal to Manaward (clunky to use sure, but equal mitigation).

I'd take manawall and aetherial manipulation over earthen shield and not having the ability to rapidly move from one location to another, but getting a terrible heal of like 2.5% of my life every 3 seconds for 7 tics.

[Rambleon]

Phsyx is still trash and heals for less than 900/gcd
Bane still reduces dot damage to 60%
Previous pet casted abilities are now on the GCD......
Aetherpack still requires an EGI... and can wiff.. and still takes ages for the pet to decide to cast it
Titan armor still requires 1) a target 2) wasted GCD to summon titan, 3) a charge, and now 4) another GCD to entice titan to cast it...
Enkindle can still wiff
Bahamut still moves instead of casting waves

Overall the class went backwards for some minor potency increases.

lol, I forgot we have a heal. I removed it from my hotbars completely and it was so long ago I had forgotten we even had one. That's just a sad waste of a skill.