6.0 Summoner: Thoughts on an Unsuccessful Rework After 1 Month of Gameplay

[Shurrikhan]

Both living shadow and automaton queen are press and forget. You could add billions of traits and new attacks, they would remain "press and forget"..

The sad thing is how easy it is to make them something we'd care about. Automaton Queen already has half the equation, flexible timing. Both, though, need interaction.

Imagine, for instance, if Living Shadow worked more like Dancing Rune Weapon, duplicating your attacks at 25% effect (including Blood and MP generation), or even a whopping 50% after reducing your damage first by 25% (still a 12% net damage increase atop the 50% increased resource gen).

Similarly, imagine if MCH actually had a mechanic again, such as a (streamlined) return to its proc chances as to make its 'combo' actually worth having separate buttons for. (No, I don't count as "mechanics" gauge-spenders without interaction, ceaseless 1-2-3 cycles, or hitting CDs as they come up.)

For instance, what if it got back both Rook and Bishop, both now nicely mobile, as spenders (or returned to AAs that can be burst for subsequent downtime), each with further options, such as Wildfire from Bishop (coating the target and those nearby in aetherized accelerant) and Tracer Fire from Rook, with respective ramp-up or capitalization mechanics. If Automaton Queen remains in the mix, as some form of later-unlocked variant, give it moments of opportunity, such as Clean Shot having a doubled crit bonus and Crowned Collider being an active cast and briefly guaranteeing a crit on your next shot (or shots within a given, brief duration) against the target struck.

[Aiscence]

The sad thing is how easy it is to make them something we'd care about. Automaton Queen already has half the equation, flexible timing. Both, though, need interaction.

Sadly drill 3 making it a 100 battery per 60sec removed most of its flexibility versus the old 80 on top of the 2 finishers

But yeah, SMN is very lacking, I did the tier as smn and ... still managed to ghost the pet if I needed to delay the buff it's even more ping affected in demis. On top of that, the job is very bad with delaying, delaying baha is always a big no or you're stuck ruining with no other options, and if you don't delay baha but just searing: gl with searing light later in the few seconds your carby is up. Cant imagine how sps smn is played.