Sooooo.....Primal Summoning.

[Iskander]

So near the beginning of 2.0, Yoshi said that we'd eventually be getting the ability to have our FCs summon Primals. Well, we're nearing the end of the 2.x era and moving on to 3.x this year, with no primal summoning.

I'm sure no one wants to hear about WoW and what they've done, but they've taken that idea and already applied it. The idea Yoshi had was taken and applied elsewhere before we could even see it.

Summon a Raid or World Boss
Players may find an item while completing a Bounty, Relic, Dungeon, or Raid daily quest from the Garrison visitor that that allows them to summon one of six new raid or world boss in the Garrison.
Summoned raid or world bosses have scaling health and is intended for 10-40 players.

Think we can eventually get the idea for our game in our own game?

[JayCommon]

If you want spoilers, watch the cutscene at the end of turn 12....


They definitely set the foundation for this.

[CYoung187]

Sounds like a re-skinned hunt, and we know how great those are.

[Iskander]

The thing with phoenix? Yea, I can see how it could eventually play to that. Also with Shiva, and Enkidu. It would be an awesome system if we actually had it. 1 of 6 primals (Ifrit, Garuda, Titan, Ramuh, Leviathan, Shiva) summoned into the world via an FC. The power/hp of the primal scales with the number of people coming in to kill it. It scales up to set max values.

[AdamuKun322]

I think they abandoned plans for this after the zerg fest that was hunts and still is hunts.

[Mercutial]

Haha.. google "zerg rush". It's pretty funny the animation that starts.

[Tyson]

from what i remember GC summons are not going to be like that they are a 1 time summon to help in battle then they go back into world so others can fight and capture it but not sure on full details

[kyuven]

from what i remember GC summons are not going to be like that they are a 1 time summon to help in battle then they go back into world so others can fight and capture it but not sure on full details

They never expanded on the details, so it was probably just some bullet point on their idea table that everyone liked but no one could figure out what to do with.
They're adding airship building in 3.0. They'll probably see how that goes and build from there.

[Galliano]

If you run the benchmark you can see players fighting Ifrit in the open in Thanalan, so they definitely had plans for this. My guess now is they've scrapped the idea along with a lot of other things they used to sell 2.0 to us and never followed through on.

[Akiza]

I think SE will just make the 6 primals from 2.0 Summoner Pets in Heavensward