#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Supersnow845]

I mean to be fair PCT shows the caster role isn’t completely dead as PCT is unironically a fantastically designed class

We would far more likely see SMN than PCT but between PCT and SCH the only semblance of decent modern job design exists in the caster role

[ForsakenRoe]

I mean to be fair PCT shows the caster role isn’t completely dead as PCT is unironically a fantastically designed class

Thinking about it, PCT could literally just be reskinned and it'd work as a SMN design. For example, Muse/Mog/Madeen could be replaced by the lesser primals (Ifrit/Titan/Garuda/Levi/Shiva/Ramuh), Hammer combo by a 3 hit DemiSummoning of Bahamut/Phoenix/another (I'd prefer something more rooted in the lore than Solar but hey), and Starry would be... IDK Dreadwyrm could go here as a 'everyone nearby is infused with Bahamut's aether for a bit for a damage buff, also Star Prism is now Deathflare'

After all, Summons in older games are known for having really long cast times, so the whole 'paint for 4 seconds' thing would fit with the old-games 'SMN identity'. Also, Carbuncle shielding the party (like old games) rather than Tempera Grassa would make a lot of sense. Just a little odd to me that SMN got the rework that it did, yet they managed to come up with this for PCT when it could have fit SMN pretty well too

[Alice_Rivers]

Thinking about it, PCT could literally just be reskinned and it'd work as a SMN design. For example, Muse/Mog/Madeen could be replaced by the lesser primals (Ifrit/Titan/Garuda/Levi/Shiva/Ramuh), Hammer combo by a 3 hit DemiSummoning of Bahamut/Phoenix/another (I'd prefer something more rooted in the lore than Solar but hey), and Starry would be... IDK Dreadwyrm could go here as a 'everyone nearby is infused with Bahamut's aether for a bit for a damage buff, also Star Prism is now Deathflare'

After all, Summons in older games are known for having really long cast times, so the whole 'paint for 4 seconds' thing would fit with the old-games 'SMN identity'. Also, Carbuncle shielding the party (like old games) rather than Tempera Grassa would make a lot of sense. Just a little odd to me that SMN got the rework that it did, yet they managed to come up with this for PCT when it could have fit SMN pretty well too

That's one of the changes I would make to SMN: Rather than having Searing Light as the raidwide buff, each major summon (Bahamut, Pheonix, Solar Bahamut (RIP creativity)) has a raidwide effect and each lesser summon has a personal effect. Whether the major summon effect should be a passive for as long as you stay in that phase or just until that summon ends is up for debate, but then that also raises the argument for making major summons like minor summons so you can make strategic choices about which one to summon for it's effect.