Quote Originally Posted by ChazNatlo View Post
Yes. Except that when talking about the Summoner Changes specifically, they were specifically spurred on by fan demand, not metrics. They didn't get some metric saying that people wanted flashier summons like the early entries to the series. They had people making posts and threads asking for that. And I doubt their metrics said people weren't playing Summoner, I hear it was quite popular (Largely due to the fact that it is one of the most iconic non basic classes in the series I'd wager, next to Dragoon. Basic being the ones typically unlocked first)
The SMN rework is, by their own admission, because they felt they were at a dead end with the job due to how egis worked. People have been claiming for the job to be more focused on Summons since the HW DoT mage iteration. If they were truly making changes based on people "wanting flashier Summons" they would have done it way earlier. To them, this rework was necessary either way, complaints or not.