wow alot of people already crying and we dont even have the specifics on how smn is gonna play. all we know is they have the esscence of the primals. with that a faster paced battle system, i dont think that ff11 style use of summoning can fit here in ff14. you would have to actually slow down the pace of fights to match the mechanics of a pet class. thats why arcanist will have carbuncle to summon and it will have 2 roles as tank or caster. same as your chocobo when its able to join you in battle. so please can we all calm down until we actually get specifics on how summoner will work.