I thought people might be exaggerating about SMN

[Flatopia]

Fun fact is that they probably could have implemented all the shiny and flashy summons and their skills in the old SMN structure by getting rid of Bio, Miasma and the Pet skills. But hey, guess DELETING the old SMN and replacing it with a Braindead Mage was more easy.

You say that like that the old way of shoehorning in entire new phases each expac without fixing the horrific issues that plagued the job since it released is better.
"Maybe DWT will make it less spammy. At least, ya know, as spammy but faster."
"See, Demi-Bahamut! It's like a summoner now, sometimes. Yeah, I mean, sure it's AI is just as bad Egis, breaks harder with ping, and is even more important for your DPS so it feels awful when it does break."
"Look! Phoenix! Now we tried to make it faso proof by giving you a combo in hopes that minor mistakes/dogshit AI/bad connections won't doom your damage like it does for bahamut. Huh? Fix Bahamut? Add DWT to the Demi-Bahamut? Pssh."

Also lmfao "braindead mage" when people called summoner 'ruin mage' for a very good reason for it's entire life. Summoner wasn't hard, or extremely deep. It was just annoying for the vast majority of players.

[Dahlinea]

Also lmfao "braindead mage" when people called summoner 'ruin mage' for a very good reason for it's entire life. Summoner wasn't hard, or extremely deep. It was just annoying for the vast majority of players.

Indeed SMN was never a hard job. However it was way more deep than the current SMN, that basically plays itself.