My favorite summoner memory was finishing the XI quest and seeing the rainbow over the crag heh.

XI did do it right. ARR, not so much. I actually changed one of my characters "main" from being a summoner because in ARR, imo, it just plain sucks compared to XI. Tried changing it to tank but realized I hated it in ARR. I think Dragoon may be my next choice since I already have a BLM "main" and an archer "main" character. (yes I play 3 characters because I like storing more stuff *cough cough*)