Smn Rework Suggestions After LL

[Dyvid]

Honestly this is just one giant bowl full of missed opportunities.

Let's talk about DoTs first:
* Years ago someone made a good suggestion that you should change DoTs cast animation from Spells to Summons. For example when you cast Miasma, Bismarck would attack with a splash bubble effect. Bio would summon Diablos sending a Demi Blob at the target. This would make players feel like they are summoning without removing anything from the job.
* What is the point of Tri-D, Bane, or Fester now?

Let's talk about Summon Stance dancing:
* Why oh why didn't they just change the Egi into a primal for 15s like when Bahamut or Phoenix is summoned, only smaller say the size of a Hume. Literally what people have been asking for since 2.0.
* The opener should be Aetherflow that charges the three element stances, going through all three stance unlocks Demi phase.
* None of the player casted spells shown have any relation to what abilities and spells the Primals use. Feather rain, Plume, Landslide? Feels more like a Geomancer than Summoner.
* Should have made it following the Elemental Wheel. Going the correct order would add a damage buff. For example: Garuda > Ifrit > Shiva. Ramuh > Titan > Leviathan.
* Speaking of Ramuh, Shiva, Leviathan; where are they?! You could have made the 2 sets equaling all 6 primals? Garuda - Ifrit - Shiva -> Bahamut; Ramuh - Titan - Leviathan -> Phoenix.

How about pets:
* Are they still a thing or just glorified minions?
* Do Egi's still have Egi Assault or just set to boring auto attack?
* Did you fix the ghosting issue with Demi or are they still going to miss commands because of movement?

This is going to be one odd rotation for a 120s timer. Demi's are set to 15s while Stances are 30s. Demi > Stance > Stance > Stance > Demi (15s, 30s, 30s, 30s, 15s)? Just would make more sense to me for a Stance > Stance > Stance > Demi > Stance > Stance > Stance > Demi (15s + 15s +15s = Demi 15s) > (15s + 15s + 15s = Demi 15s).

[Exodus-E]

* Speaking of Ramuh, Shiva, Leviathan; where are they?! You could have made the 2 sets equaling all 6 primals? Garuda - Ifrit - Shiva -> Bahamut; Ramuh - Titan - Leviathan -> Phoenix.

I figured that if they ever get to finish development on proper Egi glamours, they could "extend" its functionality to that gemstone phase (Leviathan Sapphire? Ramuh Amethyst? Shiva Diamond?).

How about pets:
* Are they still a thing or just glorified minions?
* Do Egi's still have Egi Assault or just set to boring auto attack?

They're still a thing (and they can be glamoured, as ever).
But from what I've seen/heard, it seems they're just there to serve as "focus" for SMN's pet related skills (like that barrier, that "aetherpact" buff and the Trance/Demi phases).
Thus, they'll no longer auto-attack.