Yet another SMN thread: SMN is the only job that doesn't have a gauge/proc management

[Raikai]

Jeez, you guys are still going at it. I didn't expect this post to be so successfull.

I see many valid points in this complexity x simplicity war, but there's one thing everyone seems to agree: Ramuh, Shiva and Leviathan should be added. Please Yoshi-P, the people are screaming!

Imo I don't see much of a problem in the summoning mechanic itself, my biggest gripe is Aetherflow. It's there for some reason but it doesn't seem to have any impact at all as a mechanic. Which is why I think it should be reworked or updated.

Imo they should make Fester cost 2 Aetherflows instead of 1, and make it so every lego you spend grants 1 Aetherflow stack. That way you would have to fit 6 Festers throughout your rotation, making you think more about the timing of the summons you're using.

Oh for sure! One thing I think that regardless how the SMN mechanics were delivered, they certainly "saved" the remaining gemstones and elemental affinities to add next tier. Aquamarine Leviathan, Amethyst Ramuh and Diamond Shiva (yeah, I'll die on the hill that it should be diamond and not sapphire lol).

*made this right after the rework

My expectations are that they'll make this new cycle (possibly after Phoenix) more cast time oriented.

[Vandso]

Oh for sure! One thing I think that regardless how the SMN mechanics were delivered, they certainly "saved" the remaining gemstones and elemental affinities to add next tier. Aquamarine Leviathan, Amethyst Ramuh and Diamond Shiva (yeah, I'll die on the hill that it should be diamond and not sapphire lol).

*made this right after the rework

My expectations are that they'll make this new cycle (possibly after Phoenix) more cast time oriented.

That is cute. Is that a Taffeta Shawl and Eden Gloves you're using?

I would be happy with the three other summons even if they were just visual. But yeah, I agree that it would be cool if they were more casting oriented.

Also, I can't wait for 8.0 when they add Alexander.