Can someone give me an in-depth explanation why Summoner is arguably the worst DPS?

[Lilyarel]

She wants to stop playing Summoner but she can't.

I did the books for my Summoner relic and now I feel incredibly obligated to continue playing it. :/

[zcrash970]

I did the books for my Summoner relic and now I feel incredibly obligated to continue playing it. :/

It's not like you can only get 1 relic or 1 high ilvl weapon.

[Lilyarel]

It's not like you can only get 1 relic or 1 high ilvl weapon.

But the time it took to do those books.... Just feels like a waste if I drop summoner.

[ShinryuReishiki]

Its just that whenever the tank makes big pulls, I just feel like I'm slowing everything down. When we have a BLM in the group everything seems to go faster. I apply all my dots and do everything I can to keep DPS up, I just feel like a massive anchor.

Of course big pulls go faster with a BLM; no other DPS job can compete with BLM's AOE capability, but that in no way makes those other jobs bad.

[Brianmj]

But the time it took to do those books.... Just feels like a waste if I drop summoner.

Wont it be a waste of time playing a job you don't enjoy?

[zcrash970]

Wont it be a waste of time playing a job you don't enjoy?

That's the logic I am going with.
OR BETTER YET!!! Have multiple jobs geared so you can freely switch between. Yes, it is time consuming but you have more options.

[ShaolinMike]

That's the logic I am going with.
OR BETTER YET!!! Have multiple jobs geared so you can freely switch between. Yes, it is time consuming but you have more options.

To hell with DPS numbers from parsers that aren't even supposed to be used in the game. Do you enjoy the job youre playing? Are you progressing through content? Are you having fun? Then screw it, be the underdog: be a summoner.

-A fellow SMN mainer

[Brianmj]

To hell with DPS numbers from parsers that aren't even supposed to be used in the game. Do you enjoy the job youre playing? Are you progressing through content? Are you having fun? Then screw it, be the underdog: be a summoner.

-A fellow SMN mainer

She said she didn't enjoy it. It's the first line in her other thread, I want to stop playing Summoner... But I can't.

I dont enjoy it, I feel like a massive liability to the team. Whenever I join a group I feel like people are going "ugh, gotta carry this stupid Summoner." The only reason I havnt dropped the class was because I did the first stage of the relic for the job at the time i enjoyed summoner, but as time went on I couldnt shake the feeling that I was becoming more aware of how bad the job is. And I just didnt have anything to offer. When the tank does big pulls I always feel like I'm going "Dont worry! Let me slowly and gruelingly kill these!"

LOL!

[ShaolinMike]

It sounds like you don't enjoy the job because of your own perception of how your static members see the job, as opposed to not liking the play style. Either way, if you don't ENJOY the job in a GAME you're playing, CHANGE JOBS. Regardless of how much time you've spent on SMN, you're only digging yourself further into the hole by not switching sooner. Yes, the animus books are hell on Earth, but you'll feel much better doing them on a job you actually enjoy.

[Avia_Frost]

Why not play the job/class yourself and come to your own conclusions?

This ^

A lot of the posts on this thread were made by people who don't even really play SMN as main class and think they know it all and sometimes described the class incorrectly/not being played at its best.

Good smn will do just as good dps as good blm, but it's just rare to find one, especially with so many changed to play other classes.