Quote Originally Posted by 5trange View Post
[I]That is precisely why the objective of this thread, as I've said multiple times, [U]is NOT to force this choice but to remove it at its root by separating Arcanist and Summoner into TWO Jobs.
I think this is the core problem however. You shouldn't try to removed SMN from ACN but embrace it. I see your joined the forums in 2022 but I don't know how long you have actually played. I will say however that before ShB, SMN had access to most ACN stuff including Aetherflow with had 3 charges that could be spent on Energy Drain, Fester, Painflare, Bane, etc..

The key here is they should have used the old model and combined it with the new model.

-Aetherflow would have been the perfect ability to charge up 3 gems and using all three should have charged up the Demi.
-Primals should have stayed on the field using some kind of attack while the Summoner casted the Egi Assault Skills.
-The whole system should have been Trance based rather then charge. You could have had 15s per Trance to cast not only attunement skills but other spells as well opening up more flexible gameplay.
-Each Primal Trance should have offered different damage type; One Combo based, One long cast based, and One DoT based.
-Should have kept the pet bar for all summons to include Demi so you can command pet one what to attack. They should have also changed it to select either Single Target or AoE stance for the pet.
-Should have had summon like animation spells. Not all cast need to be pet based. No reason to not have a flashy Carbuncle Animation when using Searing Light.