Quote Originally Posted by Raikai View Post
-Carbuncles should no longer be replaced by summons,

I presume that it is like that up to this day because their combat code only allows 1 combat actor other than your character. Maybe if they manage to improve this we might see better days for the baseline pet. And maybe even the fairy could co-exist with the Seraph, suddenly making Dissipation much better.
Carbuncle does nothing than stand around and eat crayons. But the state that it's in is almost like having it as a mascot to some psuedo magical girl aesthetic and the summoner aesthetic is almost like they're torn between keeping the book system because concepts, or going with something else to utilize its revamped gem system. But before dropping ideas on what new primary weapons, Squenix should finish the new iteration of SMN. Things like, introducing three new primal summons as part of the regular rotation and making them accessible before hitting max level.