Quote Originally Posted by Palladiamors View Post
I've been playing pet or summon classes since around 2004 and XIs summoner is easily in my top 5. You felt like you had the services of some very powerful entities and you were just there to support them and give the occasional suggestion. ...I should drop back in on that.

My favorite though is still City of Heroes mastermind. The Last Epoch and Grim Dawn both have pretty good summon styles as well.
FFXI truly did such a great job at translating Summoner to an MMO setting! - Not just in how the job played but also the lore and how you unlocked the job and each Avatar!

I feel you on Last Epoch (Can't wait for 1.0 next month and to get back into Beastmaster) and Grim Dawn too. I also recommend Aion's Spirit Master as a great "Summoner" class - I've not played Aion since it left NCSoft but I hope it still plays like it used to.