Quote Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams View Post
The alleged "massive" backlash is a handful of people on the forums and reddit, so massive in this regard would refer moreso to their specific reaction rather than that of most people. For whatever reason, they refuse to approach things in a healthy way and try something new, instead choosing to relive the pain of losing old SMN over and over again on here I suppose. Of course the job could use a little extra, but both old and new SMN mains in game are better off with the current state of affairs compared to the hand-twisting mess of a job that SMN became over the years.

SMN mains were never united in what they wanted, some wanted to be actual Summoners while others did indeed want to be poison mages. Rather than continue twisting the job's identity further, they decided to bring things in line with its actual namesake while getting rid of the systems players had been complaining about for the past 8 years, which reached fever pitch with the SMN of 5.0-5.X.
I’m convinced that you either are a troll or genuinely have no clue what you’re talking about.