I don't think that when people complain about summoning in XIV is because there are no summons, i think their point is, when you think FF and Summons what comes to your mind is "Ifrit,Shiva,Ramuh,Leviathan,Bahamut,Odin." Those are the staple of the summoning class in FF, and no other MMO has that, their summons or pets or w/e are all crap in comparison.....

I really dont see the reason to make the summons into gods yet again, they did that in XI, why do it all over again :/