I said it during FFXI and I'll say it hear again. The next Final Fantasy MMO should not have Summoner as a job but rather give each job it's own Eikon summon. That will fix a lot of the each we saw in FFXI and FFXIV were Summoner wasn't what the community envisioned.

In the meantime, FFXIV Summoner is what it is and removing any major aspect of the job would be just a slap in the face to the people that still enjoy playing it. There are soon to be twelve DPS jobs in the game, find the one you enjoy and run with it.