Summoner Job and suggestions for Summonable Avatars

[PSxpert2011]

For the love of all thats good the last thing we need are chibi forms of the primals. If I have to run around with a fat little garuda with a big head, big eyes and bubblegum hair I would fly to japan and slap the glasses off the dev who came up with that concept.

ROFL, Don't worry, I don't want that either, I take it back I TAKE IT BACK! XD

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I was thinking it would be cool for summoners in FFXIV if when the summoner summons something, your character disappears off the screen, and the summon appears instead, and you get a new set of skills on the action bar for controlling the summon.

Taking this concept one step further, since we can't summon the primals in the traditional sense, why not let us summon their "essence". ...

So you would have things like "Ifrit form", "shiva form", "titan form" etc. and your actions would be different depending on which form you're in.

It's a pretty big departure from the mainstream ideology of what a summoner typically is, but I think it would be a pretty nice adaptation for an MMO...

I think summoner does need a new twist or go back to its roots of the FF tradition to give it a quicker pace. It doesn't have to be 100% mage! Summoners have mystical ability, it shouldn't put them as a mage/pet class. I hope the DEVs break that trend from FFXI and give new life to a more versatile job. As a evoker/smn class/ job, you don't want to be in the back lines with the mages(who are suppose to nuke and heal at a safe distance). You want to be part of the action and deal damage and I hope the Devs are creative in making them act quick, cause damage and maybe go back to using their weapon(either a long delay range or two-hand high DD weapon).

[MartaDemireux]

I dont know if it was intentional or not but your comment about "People are gunning for Summoner..." I cant help but find it funny because of the idea I had about a gun slinging Summoner.

For those who are interested in the idea please refer to the following post on my take on summoner:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...pilation/page2

It's near the bottom~

Haha, pun not intended I assure you but funny occurrence though!

[KoujiGeki]

I think for ice they should make a completely New summon because shiva is the only ice summon outside the ivalice line and that has to be wrong. I dont care if its completely new or if they take inspiration from classic monsters/bosses from the ff series like they had done with atomos but i would really like to see some new faces in the summons we get access to instead of just rehashing the ffxi ones and such.

And i'll throw down my own line of summons i would like to see.

Fire = Cerberus
Water = Siren or even Hydra (ffiv)
Earth = Brothers
Lightning = Quezacoatl
Wind = Typhoon
Ice = New summon
Light = Madeen

I'd also like to see summons like phoenix, mist dragon, ark(ffix) atomos and anima as summonable.

aw phoenix for got all about that one. im ashamed to call myself a summoner. but Id rather have Ixion an electric Unicorn is a bit more sexy than a green snot looking monster lol.

Though now that i think about it. What IF gave Summoner the option to pick between 2 or 3 summons. Example you go to a Lightnign shrine and you can literally pick Either Ixion, Quezacotl, or hydra. Which would be cool cause then not every summoner would be exactly the same.

[Leoheart]

This is a list of Summons that I think they could add for summoner avatars that i put in my Lets Talk Summoner thread.

List of Possible Summons!

Fire - Salamander (Final Fantasy Tactics)
Water - Bismarck (Final Fantasy 6)
Wind - Pandemona (Final Fantasy 8)
Lightning - Ixion (Final Fantasy 10,11,12) or Quetzalcoatl (Final Fantasy 8)
Earth - Midgardsormr (Final Fantasy 6,7,12)
Ice - Mateus (Final Fantasy 12)
Dark - Diabolos (Final Fantasy 6,8,11,12) Would be Fenrir but he was only Dark in 11.
Light - Mist Dragon (Final Fanasy 4) I kinda wanna lead away from Carbuncle sorry guy

Pretty good ideas, yeah.
Although isn't Midgardsomr's corpse wrapped around that airship in Mor dhona?

[Skies]

Pretty good ideas, yeah.
Although isn't Midgardsomr's corpse wrapped around that airship in Mor dhona?

That is, in fact, true. Although I am halfway expecting Midgarsormr to reawaken at some point.

[KoujiGeki]

how do you know its that? I thought it was Shinryu since all the Primals popped out of it when it died. Hes a god dragon that wipes that the world clean to restart it anew. And in one ff i couldve sworn it said Shinryu eats other Summons.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

Though now that i think about it. What IF gave Summoner the option to pick between 2 or 3 summons. Example you go to a Lightnign shrine and you can literally pick Either Ixion, Quezacotl, or hydra. Which would be cool cause then not every summoner would be exactly the same.

I like that idea. Have like 2-3 different summons for each element, but you can only choose one and each has different moves.

[KoujiGeki]

like this? Ixion the DD lightning avatar its got a sword for a horn so why not? Quezacotl the more magic based one cause he looks squishy as hell. Hydra the Tank one cause its a god damn dragon its not going down easy.

[Skies]

how do you know its that? I thought it was Shinryu since all the Primals popped out of it when it died. Hes a god dragon that wipes that the world clean to restart it anew. And in one ff i couldve sworn it said Shinryu eats other Summons.

Oh, it's directly mentioned as Midgarsormir in the... Monk questline, I believe. There was a post about it, too, by a player (I have not completed the quest myself). It's legendary dragon, said to be the guardian of the land and that none had seen in reality before it rose up to confront the garlean dreadnought, and when the thing crashed the detonated ceruleum froze it and the ship in that isle in Mor Dhona.

I like that idea. Have like 2-3 different summons for each element, but you can only choose one and each has different moves.

Hrm... Actually I will have to call that 'impossible'. The game has a signature piece of design: Everyone can have access to every class/ability and can freely switch between sets. Mind, if you have ideas that fit the streamlined nature of the current system and follow the very same 'absolute avaiability' paradigm that game follows, i'd love to hear those.

[KoujiGeki]

Oh, it's directly mentioned as Midgarsormir in the... Monk questline, I believe. There was a post about it, too, by a player (I have not completed the quest myself). It's legendary dragon, said to be the guardian of the land and that none had seen in reality before it rose up to confront the garlean dreadnought, and when the thing crashed the detonated ceruleum froze it and the ship in that isle in Mor Dhona.

Oh thats very cool thank you.