Sum-nom-nom-eners~

[Tonkra]

Honestly I'd rather just have the job play the way it does in the offline games, calling them in for a big flashy effect but that creates a couple of annoying problems,

personally have you played other MMorpgs besides FFXI with summoner classes?

I love summoner and petclasses, so i want to have "real" pets, permanent pets, that i can control and command... that it really makes a difference between a spellcaster and a summoner.. i'd be really disappointed if it would be just "one time summon" each time and after the attack they disappear...
i mean after hundreds of summons this wouldnt be special anymore either..

besides that, which offline final fantasys do you mean? in FF10, FF11, FF12, FF13 they are more or less "permanant" and not "one-hit-attack" summons.

I know Elexia already mentioned this, but in almost every FF game up to X (including Tactics and other spin-offs) SMNs WERE a single-move job. X and onwards were the only ones where the summoner actually used the summons in a different manner, and Yoshi said that he wanted to take things down a more traditional route. I believe one of the earlier player polls even mentioned introducing classes like Arithmetician which we haven't seen in a long, loooong time.

well believe it or not there was a big playerbase calling for a pet class, and not yet an other mage with direct damage spells.. which a summoner would be if a summon is just a one-hit attack spell.

One-hit attack summons would be just an other "direct damage" spell.. so i could play a black mage then.

i want that:



or somethin like that



and not an other black mage direct damage dealer disguised into a summoner costume ;XD

a petclass with different mechanics and not yet an other direct damage spell caster.
i know there are people who dislike pet classes, because they often see them as not that effective when it comes to dps in comparison to other classes.

but i myself enjoy the different play mechanics and possibilities which petclass summoner bring into a game. i love it.

btw. the summoner system in AION worked really great.
i am all the way disappointed what was announced till now.. we could have that amazing different summons, other than ifrit etc.... a summon like belias (fire) which we can see on the last artwork that i posted above..

but no... it seems summoners are going to be a downcut, direct damage spell attackers... with the same summons which we had in each of the series (ifrit, garuda, bla..).. it could have been so much more innovative.