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

[Ggwppino]

Apparently I expressed myself badly, I don't want to come off as someone who said Radiant Aegis is useless.
What I mean is: since Searing Light was legitimized on the summoner, the same could be done with Radiant Aegis.
And poof: the carbuncle no longer exists

And I would like to point out that I am not happy that it will disappear, on the contrary, I would like it to return to being as important as it was before.
What I mean is that if:
1) doesn't attack
2) we don't have to position it
3) its only ability is not interconnected to its position, making it indifferent whether it or the summoner has the ability.
4) its bar is 3/4 unusable (and it's really serious in a finished game)

Carbuncle is not fine.

But in my opinion the new (now not even anymore) smn in general between 0 cast, 0 resources to manage and too rigid rotation for burst, but this is a post for the carbuncles and let's stick to that

[AlphaXXI]

Honestly wether or not Carbuncle's position matters or not for radiant aegis doesn't seem like an issue to me. It can just have something that might as well have been on summoner itself, if only for flair (also as much as I uderstand why searing light is now on SMN I think it made more thematic sense to have Carbuncle cast it).

As for the rest of your concerns, I get it, but I never really understood the "0 cast" issue to be honest. You still have to cast during Ifrit, even if yeah that's a lot less than other caster jobs. I don't see why one can't have more instant on principal, they're called casters because they use magic, not specifically because they need to have cast time. But yeah it does need to require more active thinking.

[Ggwppino]

Honestly wether or not Carbuncle's position matters or not for radiant aegis doesn't seem like an issue to me. It can just have something that might as well have been on summoner itself, if only for flair (also as much as I uderstand why searing light is now on SMN I think it made more thematic sense to have Carbuncle cast it).

Indeed, if they didn't make the carbuncle disappear, this could really be enhanced, both by restoring Searing light and by introducing new things that could be an infinite number. But currently the carbuncle only has the window for Radiant Aegis and nothing more.

As for the rest of your concerns, I get it, but I never really understood the "0 cast" issue to be honest. You still have to cast during Ifrit, even if yeah that's a lot less than other caster jobs. I don't see why one can't have more instant on principal, they're called casters because they use magic, not specifically because they need to have cast time. But yeah it does need to require more active thinking.

Spam for spam, Having the thrill of slidecasting ruin 3, I liked it much more than doing the same thing but instant for 50 seconds straight. (And it's not a criticism of the few buttons, which makes me neither hot nor cold, it's a criticism of the fact that when I finish a content it's only gratifying to have finished it and no longer as it was gratifying to have finished it with smn)

[ShadowNyx3]

Apparently I expressed myself badly, I don't want to come off as someone who said Radiant Aegis is useless.
What I mean is: since Searing Light was legitimized on the summoner, the same could be done with Radiant Aegis.
And poof: the carbuncle no longer exists

I said this before, but the reason Radiant Aegis is allowed to have 2 charges is because it's balanced by being tied to Carbuncle. You remove that restriction and the ability would have to be reduced to a single use which makes it functionally identical to Manaward on BLM. That is inarguable homogenization.

I see Radiant Aegis' current functionality as one of the only interesting things about the job, which is pretty sad when I'm making a big deal out of a personal shield, but that's where we are right now.