Starting to play Summoner. Help?

[Tex_Mex]

My group currently runs a DRG, SMN, BLM, BRD setup and our SMN parses roughly:
t10 - 485
t11 - 437
t12 - 472
t13 - 469

One small note on this. Your SMN is using a minimum of an i125 book to reach these numbers. This is not a typical piece of gear for newer DPS players and is not really realistic for people getting into coil for the first time. These numbers would be significantly lower with the i110 or i115 weapons that are more common for new players. Basically, you have to already be part of a coil to have the gear necessary to reach these numbers. This does not apply to new players and should not be expected.

SMN is still extremely strong outside of FCoB.

I do agree with this though. SMN is perfectly viable for all non FCoB content.