Summoner Changes

[Madoka]

Summoner's of old according to Final Fantasy XIV Wiki had immeasurable power and could summon Primals single handedly. We are the resurrected Allagan Summoner's but we lost a lot of our knowledge

First of all, wikis are not factual.

Second of all

In times immemorial, there lived mages who had not only the power to summon the primals, but also the means to transmute the primals' essences, thus binding them to their will. Known simply as summoners, the existence of these men and women and their arcane art have been all but lost to the ages.

Nowhere it does it say single handedly. In fact it only mentions multiples. You have some skewed reading comprehension or selective as hell memory.

[Akiza]

Buffing the pet and nerfing the Summoner is something we don't want. Unless you can provide balancing reasons to do so, this is just a personal wish that'll never happen.

Adding Pet Buff skills to the Summoner and adding more pet abilities won't screw up balance in fact it would bring Summoner's up to Black Mages level

[Bombast]

Summoner's of old according to Final Fantasy XIV Wiki had immeasurable power and could summon Primals single handedly. We are the resurrected Allagan Summoner's but we lost a lot of our knowledge

Source please.

Adding Pet Buff skills to the Summoner and adding more pet abilities won't screw up balance in fact it would bring Summoner's up to Black Mages level

Oh, I get it, you're trolling.

This makes sense now.

[Shamirah]

God... people should learn : BLM <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< SMN.

[Freyt]

I think instead of changing Summoner they should keep it as it is, and then make a new class called Evoker, which would do things like a classic FF summoner would. It makes sense to me. As a summoner, you're summoning the presence of that primal. As an evoker, you're evoking (or invoking) the power of that primal. Slight difference, but in the Evokers case they're just unleashing a single brutal attack, like Diamond Dust.

[Akiza]

I think instead of changing Summoner they should keep it as it is, and then make a new class called Evoker, which would do things like a classic FF summoner would. It makes sense to me. As a summoner, you're summoning the presence of that primal. As an evoker, you're evoking (or invoking) the power of that primal. Slight difference, but in the Evokers case they're just unleashing a single brutal attack, like Diamond Dust.

By definition the Summoner right now is an Evoker in the classic Final Fantasy sense because Evokers are low lvl Summoner's that summon the essence of Deities and High Spirits while a Summoner summons full fledged Deities and have sustain bursts damage. Rydia was the only Summoner that wasn't in add on other than this game because she went through the progression of being an Evoker than becoming a Summoner as she ranked up.

[Akiza]

The Summoner's base class should be an Evoker which uses all six elemental damage has strong sustain burst damage, minor healing, minor dots and able to summon the High Spirits and Egis with high mp cost. The Summoner should focus on pet buffs and summon a full fledged Primals.

[NightReach]

The Summoner's base class should be an Evoker which uses all six elemental damage has strong sustain burst damage, minor healing, minor dots and able to summon the High Spirits and Egis with high mp cost. The Summoner should focus on pet buffs and summon a full fledged Primals.

high burst, high sustain, self healing, build in tank, i think we can just scrub all the other classes all-together.