Summon skins

[Jinxxi]

We know that we're getting new summons in the future. Its cool and all and im very excited. However I know that the we're not getting every summon we hope for. Like bahamut or any other past final fantasy summon.

However my idea is that, instead of getting those impossible summons, we can get summon skins, for example boring plain garuda could look like a mini bahamut, with the same garuda moves. Or like ifrit can look like ffxi ifrit but mini version.

its a lovely idea, we can match our summons with our gear so we can match and look awesome together. i dont like a green garuda and my high allagan armor together.

I hope SE reads it and considers it even for the far far future. Just consider it *-*!
Thank you

[Eraqus]

Cool idea i agree with u

[Madoka]

If it's just on the side of the summoner that'd be fine.

[Einheri]

I would go along with this type of system. One problem you get with adding new pets is finding a useful role for each. As you can only have one at a time you're left with alot of unused resources until a situation arrives to pull that role defined pet out.

as long as skins have animations to go along with them this system would work.

A route they could use would be summon families. Titan is a tank type pet. They could add Shiva as a tank to replace titan for aesthetics. Rahum for garuda , leviathan for ifrit. Later they can add more primal skins with their altered spell visuals. This way the player can use the pet they like but don't have to keep 9 pets in the stable cause there isn't a need for the utility/role they fill.

Until they add a support role to the game smn is a dps class. Their pets with the exception of the tank pets for solo play should add to dps. ATM ifrit doesn't have a clearly defined role and unless laviathan and Rahum each bring something new, garuda will still dominate usage. If they can better define pet rolls you can swap primals to the one you enjoy the most.

Summon 1-single target focused pet
Summon 2-tank focused pet
Summon 3-aoe focused pet

[Akiza]

The Summon Skin would replace the Egis we already have so Garuda would visually replace the Garuda Egi, Titan for Titan Egi and Ifrit for Ifrit Egi. I think they should give the Pets unique elemental abilities that define them instead of roles so Garuda won't be the default.

[Damien01]

I would be okay with some re-skins of current and future egi's. I do enjoy playing a summoner and while I have no real issue with their current size; their skins are hard to look at for long periods of time.

[Tharian]

How would this work? In order for this to happen there would need to be a gear slot or something available to the Summoner and only the Summoner where in we can slot the skin that we want into place so that it can take effect. Without that gear slot or the equivalent there is no way for the override effect to occur. Would this skin be simply a skin? Or would it provide a stat boost of some sort to the Summoner?

The only slot in the gear list that the Summoner has available to it is the Ammunition Slot, that might be a possible option for where the skin can be slotted in, but I am still not sure if this option is a feasible option or not.

[Shikiseki]

You know... I'd even pay for them to reskin the current egis into a chibi version of the real primals, like the Succubus minion.
Even though that would make the Summoner more like a laughable chibi-mage, heck who cares, better then the current egis!

[Tharian]

Chibi Garuda... yeah I would like that.

[Dat_Jynx]

Would this skin be simply a skin? Or would it provide a stat boost of some sort to the Summoner?

The only slot in the gear list that the Summoner has available to it is the Ammunition Slot, that might be a possible option for where the skin can be slotted in, but I am still not sure if this option is a feasible option or not.

Or you can pull up a screen like the companion window when you change barding.