SE, "Seraphism" is appalling. This is not the fantasy that appeals to Scholar fans.

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I think the worst part is if we were gonna get a healing summon, summoner got the cooler version. Seraph is a poor man's Selene we should have gotten phoenix if we had to get a Demi-Summon damn it!
Also I would go back in time and mind control the Devs to turn angel feathers into phoenix down instead. If we are gonna lose fairies I'd much prefer to be a flaming bird then a Korean mmo angel.

I dont mind the Trasformation as i am into Angelic Stuff i agree that its weird (especialy with them pushing White Mage into the Light instead of DD14 speficic Nature direction) to go to deep into Seraph instead of dabbling into other Support/Healing Summons.
Something like Unicorn, Kirin or considering Summoner doesnt really use it anymore Carnuncle, maybe in moonstone version.

Phoenix would make sense considering Alphinaud (who was an Arcanist and later SCH) and Alisaie's connection with it (and the ability they gained to summon it, which the writers seemed to forgot about and never used) and the fact that its the series premier healing summons.

I also thought about an upgraded Carbuncle-mode instead of Seraphism could have been cool and would make sense, seeing as Carbuncle is more known for place various protective effects (reflect, protect, shell, regen, etc.) through out the FF series. Something like a Rainbow Carbuncle that can use different Light skills for different effects.

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Gonna let my biased worst-possible-takes out so might as well say it with my chest…

If Seraphism was a pure dps cool-down with the exact same animation and VFX people would literally be rolling around in religious ecstasy foaming at the mouths

Not really. Most of them are complaining that its creeping into WHM's aesthetic territory. (◍´͈ꈊ`͈◍)