Archanists want an image of primals...not Digimons

[Luxx]

I did the SMN quest and remember how big the Egi's were..IN the CS they were a bit bigger.
These Egi's look like a joke. Why not do what Aion did and gradually make them grow.
Or...make a specific LB with them summoning the larger version. I never played a Summoner anywhere else
but these suck.

PS. Garuda looks like crap lol.

[jars]

yeah a primal running around in a raid wouldn't be annoying at all

they are perfect size for lalafells anyway

[HeroSamson]

You mean Pokemon because Digimon Evolve they get super huge.

Pokemon evolve they are shrimps still.

[DukeBurden]

The way Titan Ex's gaolers look is how Egis should look. High detail versions of the primal.

[Nictuswolf]

Now you know why I got SMN to 50 and never play it.

Egi's are a joke, really a lie and a laughable slap in the face to smns from all the other FF games.

[TeganLaron]

I don't mind them being small, but they just look a little crappy. If I'd seen Ifrit-egi before I knew what it was, I would have just assumed it was any random fire enemy.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

So if you get a Primal like summon, what about the new feature that FC will be getting to summon a real primal to do our biddings?

[Stanelis]

Actually the issue is more that the egi spirits look ugly and unappealing rather than not being able to summon the true primals. Carbuncle & fairies are fine but the other spirits kinda lacks visual impact.

[Zoner]

How about a compromise, make the egis look like actual mini versions of the true primal? It wont break immersion, they'll be mini because there only a fraction of the true primal's power, yet they will still look cool like the primal!

[abzoluut]

That would require them actually creating a summoner class rather than reskinning WoW's affliction warlock and calling it a summoner.

This is spot in people. I respect the lore-opinion. However let us not forget the following:

When the new team took over (from 1.0), we had no SMN still. The team announced that the classical jobs would come back (conjuren into whm, thaumaturge into blm, archer into bard (wait wtf? Another discussion right there) etc..) SMN was one of the last jobs added (rushed?).

Also, Yoshida worked on WoW. That's not a secret. Please do not be thàt ignorant to not think he knows how an affliction warlock plays. For those who did not play WoW: your SMN is an affliction warlock from WoW. Youtube it, see the abilities being the exact same, scary huh?

So yes, I think SE took the easy way out and hid their story behind the lore stuff.