Giving Carbucle more to do (an easy to implement SMN change)

[rawker]

Some abilities got removed but was given back.. Energy Drain on SCH. It's not impossible for the old pet gameplay to return to SMN.

Using beastmaster as an argument is problematic as we have blue mage that can do everything. Why shoehorn a gameplay to a limited job only?

[ShadowNyx3]

So fine, that in the middle of expansion they remove searing light from it. Actually they dont know what they are doing.

Your point being...?

The change to Searing Light was objectively positive. Hence, Carbuncle is fine. Should I have said: 'Carbuncle is currently fine?'

Some abilities got removed but was given back.. Energy Drain on SCH. It's not impossible for the old pet gameplay to return to SMN.

This would be a better example if they had removed Aetherflow entirely from Scholar and decided to bring back the whole mechanic. Instead, you are trying to equate adding a single button press back to Scholar's kit to adding back the entire concept of having to place your pet within the arena. Not to mention that the game has since expanded the area of effect of all party skills to encompass entire arenas, further putting a nail in the coffin of the idea of pet placement. Even if you added a party buff to Carbuncle, it would still hit everyone no matter where the pet was placed, which is why I specified a localized effect in my suggested example to try and add some of that flavor back.

Using beastmaster as an argument is problematic as we have blue mage that can do everything. Why shoehorn a gameplay to a limited job only?

Who knows what Beastmaster will be able to do? Will it just be a copy of Blue Mage? Will it have some sort of new progression mechanic? We don't know right now. All I said is that maybe it will have the pet job flavor. Whether you like seeing that on Beastmaster is wholly up to whether you enjoy the content Beastmaster will offer.

[Ggwppino]

it was positive for the simple fact that it ghosted, even more so it shows how when they released the smn, they didn't even know what they were doing! Let's also remove the shield from carbuncle and eliminate it completely, we gain in responsiveness, I dont see why should have it since it's fine that thematically the searing light is a summoner ability. currently it is useless and the pet bar which 3/4 does nothing is just the demonstration that what I say is not very questionable.
The pet isnt fine.

[ShadowNyx3]

it was positive for the simple fact that it ghosted, even more so it shows how when they released the smn, they didn't even know what they were doing! Let's also remove the shield from carbuncle and eliminate it completely, we gain in responsiveness, I dont see why should have it since it's fine that thematically the searing light is a summoner ability. currently it is useless and the pet bar which 3/4 does nothing is just the demonstration that what I say is not very questionable.
The pet isnt fine.

Welcome to every expansion launch of Summoner, where the .1 patch fixes some jank. I see that Endwalker was your first of such experiences and invite you to take a look back at the vibrant history of this wacky job.

And I'm sorry but you don't get to call Radiant Aegis useless without having done content where it excels.

[Ggwppino]

Welcome to every expansion launch of Summoner, where the .1 patch fixes some jank. I see that Endwalker was your first of such experiences and invite you to take a look back at the vibrant history of this wacky job.

And I'm sorry but you don't get to call Radiant Aegis useless without having done content where it excels.

Sorry but with this alt ive done the high content with smn, so i know what i say. Radiant Aegis is not useless, but this is not the ability that save Carbuncle from a miserable existence.