Fix Summoner Once and For All in 6.0 Please!

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Squeenix doesn't care about the lore much when it comes to balancing jobs ( "glaring" straight at you, WHM and AST) as long as it kinda works out for them

As far as I'm aware, WHM's and AST's lore are still consistent/intact.
They may have changed mechanically, but they still retain (most) of their toolkits as they were presented within their respective stories.

Also, about them "not caring about the lore" is a flat-out lie.
Else they wouldn't have justified them with supplemental material such as encyclopaedia entries or "Tales of" stories.

and even if it did, it could easily be explained by simply saying that were capable of making demi-summons instead of egi-summons just because at this point of the game, we have been exposed to garuda/ifrits/titans aether for quite some time now over all those encounters we had (without falling into possession). Which would not only explain the WoL point and title as the strongest SMN, but also the fact why other certain NPCs can only summon egis.

Every single class/job in the game develops from the foundations they started with.

"Summoner" is an Allagan discipline specifically designed to counter Primals by using their own powers/essences against them.
And Egis are just as essential to them as faeries are for Scholar or cards are for Astrologian.

They may add new toys such as Trances/Demi-Summons or what-have-you. But Egis are not going away.

Or they just rework the entire thing from scratch. Also, were disgussing gameplay here so supplemental ressources are the last thing on this planet which should stop us from getting a properly functioning job.

That's a slippery slope.
If people wanted to change the story/lore because they "don't like it", then where would that lead us? and where would that end?

Classes/jobs' stories/lore are just as important to this game's universe as the MSQ.

In any case, them "reworking" both Bard and Machinist is proof that they can change a job mechanically while also keep its story and identity intact.
And I expect the same out of Summoner in the near future (while keeping Egis around).