Quote Originally Posted by waifugenerator View Post
The "class fantasy" argument against DoTs is sooooo lame, SMN in Final Fantasy XIV is an Arcanist that happens to also have a SMN soul crystal.
Tell us you don't know what a summoner is without telling us you don't know what a summoner is.

Quote Originally Posted by waifugenerator View Post
Just like how in IV Rydia is a black mage....who can also summon eidolons. Like most jobs, HW really nailed SMN mechanically and aesthetically
Rydia like Yuna and Garnet are characters who are primarily defined by their ability to wield summon magic. After a certain point in FFIV her summon magic will outclass all her black magic spells. As for Heavensward gameplay? The expansion where instead of giving summoners a new pet they decided to implement a "trance" that visually has barely any payoff and mechanically was "a 1 button spam?" No thanks.