Just for fun - an idea I had

[Cattastro]

to be honest, i don't like the summon version that you suggested, its like ff summon ages ago, we don't need that, i prefer existing summon and size doesn't matter unless its created a little bit detail version, i think created it in the size of the hyur race should not block any player view. what dev should look right now is how they want to increase mp management for smn job..not arcanist since sch player will get mad if they revise arc skill n such. i prefer change 3 disaster to be mp buff instead since its totally useless skill for smn. Then the melee egi's resistance should be increase since it will most likely to die easily compare to the casting type. contagion? to be honest, i dun care much about that skill coz it depend on the player playstyle. its not necessary skill for smn. if you can maintain your dots efficiently, contagion is not an issue here. hope dev listening.

[Hammerfist]

to be honest, i don't like the summon version that you suggested, its like ff summon ages ago, we don't need that, i prefer existing summon and size doesn't matter unless its created a little bit detail version, i think created it in the size of the hyur race should not block any player view. what dev should look right now is how they want to increase mp management for smn job..not arcanist since sch player will get mad if they revise arc skill n such. i prefer change 3 disaster to be mp buff instead since its totally useless skill for smn. Then the melee egi's resistance should be increase since it will most likely to die easily compare to the casting type. contagion? to be honest, i dun care much about that skill coz it depend on the player playstyle. its not necessary skill for smn. if you can maintain your dots efficiently, contagion is not an issue here. hope dev listening.

Your comment made me remember 2 things:
- Summons have always been single-effect spells in every original FF title, they became "pets" only after FFX (and imho have always been poorly implemented since then), so by going back to single-effect summons Summoners would actually be more "FF-ish";
- Emerald Carbuncle does actually have a skill identical to Contagion, it's called "Shining Emerald", so one more reason to just use Carby as main pet.

[Cattastro]

one more thing to add..make bane targeted all enemy in the radius instead of 3 coz all class aoe skill targeted all enemy in the radius, so why bane cannot.

[Cattastro]

forget last thing..that enkindle cd should only be 2 minutes since its the only skill that burst smn dps..and the only skill that make smn outshine other class..n the potency also is just normal like blm fire 3..so why need longer cd..hope dev listening..

[Lito00]

As a career SMN, I fully support the OP's idea. An excellent way to balance SMN while making us feel like we're ACTUAL Summoners!

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

Why can't they just balance the dam classes? is it really that hard? are we back to the final fantasy 11 lolPUP days? WTF