FINAL FANTASY XIV Special Talk Session (translated)!!!

[Valmonte]

You mean aside from the sheer number of people that were bummed when it was originally mentioned that the primals would be summoned by free companies rather than Summoners?

Trust me, I'd love for them to give SMN a fire avatar in the form of Phoenix, an air Avatar in the form of Valefor, an Earth Avatar in the form of Golem, and a holy Avatar in the form of Seraphim. Not gonna happen because the masses would cry about getting those instead of getting Ifrit, Garuda, Titan and Alexander.

What? no i don't think so, a little lore goes a long way. this is FF Summoner, when a FF summoners Summons we do it big. i'm sorry but this essence bullshit just ain't cutting it, it may FLY in WoW or AION Or the plethora of other crappy lets copy everyone else games but not here not in a FF franchise.