Mr.Happy Interview with Yoshi P

[Dyvid]

Kinda sounds like the plan is to throw the old can away and get a new can instead. The wording makes it seem like they are going to redo the pet system for summoner entirely.

Unfortunately we've heard this one too...
Besides, he just said it's on hold again.

[MagiusNecros]

Unless we are given incentives to rotate our Egi's the only thing I see happening is having the pets phased out. You only really use Egi's to build Ruin stacks IMO.

Bahamut and Phoenix are more impactful.

I wouldn't mind going through Ifrit/Garuda/Titan Trances when Bahamut and Phoenix are on CD.

[znushu]

Egi Glamour has been a long time request from the players and is frequently a topic you are
questioned about in interviews. It has been awhile since we’ve heard about it, so I was
wondering where the team stands on the development of this feature?

Currently summoner as a job is reaching somewhat of a breaking point when it comes to the
overall play mechanics, so we’ve halted work on Egi glamour for the time being in order to shift
focus. There is a reason behind this, but we can’t share the details with you at the moment.
When the time comes, I’ll be sure to properly share that information with everyone.

The number of jobs in the game continues to rise, making it more and more difficult to obtain
weapons from Extreme Trials. Are there any changes planned to make gathering weapons from
Extreme Trials more consistent outside of our current systems? It took me 92 kills before I saw a
Monk weapon drop from Emerald Weapon!

Yes, the team and myself do realize that we’re hitting a tipping point with this, and we’ll most
likely start transitioning over to a new system. I will announce the details when the time comes
on a Letter LIVE or other official platforms, so please stay tuned.

can't wait to see what they do.

[Brightamethyst]

I still feel like they missed their chance with summons back in Heavensward.

Painflare could have been Thundershock with a Ramuh animation. Tri-Disaster could have been Acid Rain with a Levi animation. Ruin 3 could have been Ice Lance with a Shiva animation, etc. It would have been the perfect way to add the classic summoning feel while having absolutely no effect on gameplay or balance. They had the perfect opportunity, and missed it.

[Vahlnir]

Thanks for the news drop. In response to Egi Glamour...

Respectfully, no. It's time to stop kick the can down the road. Egi design has be a top complaint since Beta and it hasn't gone away. It's long past time to deal with this issue. 6.0 is a perfect time to introduced redesign Garuda, Ifrit, Titan along with adding Shiva, Ramuh, and Leviathan; something players have been asking for since 2015.

I've got a hunch that this could be exactly what they are doing, though I'm not sure if they would add more to the roster or just replace them entirely with upgraded versions. Why add egi glamours when what is there can either be improved or replaced by something that looks and plays better? Bahamut and Phoenix were a foot in the door there, in my opinion.

[Theodric]

I don't play SMN, though I know a few people who are very fond of the job. I think an egi glamour system should be added - it's been a common request for a while now and the development team created the perform function for BRD so it can't be a matter of not wanting one job to get special treatment over others.

[Awha]

I have a friend that memes if they get rid if pets they will become a full time arcnist main.

[Nayout]

It only took two expansions to update a system that promised a lot but ended in nothing.

[BlitzAceRush]

SMN is kind of a mess right now, while it may function the Egi's are kind of just there, and while many like the Dmi's they're designed them into a corner, like all job SMN will expect new stuff and "3 Minutes into your rotation you'll get Alexander!" Will only get worse with each future expansion, really does need a rework.
Given they're pausing the glams it either means they'll not be needed at all, or Egi's or whatever the becom if the stay will look so different anything they made or were making now would be redundant.

[StriderShinryu]

Why not mention how the current glamour system is just busted and extremely limited? I mean for god sake Yoshi P has played WoW so he has to know how vastly superior that system is compared to this outdated stuff. I mean come on guys.

MrHappy isn't a glamour driven player for the most part so it's likely he probably didn't think of the gear glamour systems at all given the limited amount of questions he could ask. I think the only reason he even asked about Egi glamour is because it's kind of been a running joke with him for years now and this was something of his chance to put it to rest.