The problem with Summoners

[Sequora]

This is from a post from October of 2013. "We discussed your feedback about the design of the egi with the development team. As was mentioned previously during the Beta test, the design planner reiterated that egi were designed to be a manifestation of a percentage of power taken from the primals and are intentionally designed to appear differently from the primal. As such, we aren't planning on changing the look of egi at higher levels.

We will however continue to take in your feedback when creating new egi that will be added in the future."

Now that being said. I suppose it's possible that they could have changed their minds. This was a few months after release.

[Dyvid]

Well i'm sure the first design step was to just shrink the primal model down to Hyur size and try that. Some where they didn't like it for some reason, either hard to see AoE or just didn't want true primal in players command. Artistically it's melding the primal appearance into the elemental spirit. Not saying this is right or wrong, just the design choice. People are upset though but rather this translates to better appearance of new Egis remains to be seen.

[Natsuno]

I'm kinda happy they're not changing. Each to their own I guess.

[ShaolinMike]

I care more about the functionality of the pets, as opposed to the form.

[FrejyaAthenes]

I care more about the functionality of the pets, as opposed to the form.

Unfortunately they fall short in both.

[ShaolinMike]

Unfortunately they fall short in both.

Agreed. But I'd rather look at a very useful ugly egi than something that is little more than a glorified minion.

Edit: That is not to say that pets are by any means useless, just that the SMN job would be largely unchanged if they were taken away, as summons are not at all the focus of the job.

[Bigcat9715]

Agreed. But I'd rather look at a very useful ugly egi than something that is little more than a glorified minion.

Edit: That is not to say that pets are by any means useless, just that the SMN job would be largely unchanged if they were taken away, as summons are not at all the focus of the job.

If the class was alot more badass I wouldn't care how bad the pets look. The pets could look like stick figures, and I would still main it, but sadly the class is lacking and because of that things like the pets appearance starts to stick out and bother me.

[Akiza]

The problem with the Summoner is there is'nt any emphasis on summoning and pets so the gameplay falls flat and it ends up being an Arcanist with Fester.

[ShaolinMike]

The problem with the Summoner is there is'nt any emphasis on summoning and pets so the gameplay falls flat and it ends up being an Arcanist with Fester.

Yep, and sadly it doesn't look like that's going to change much. That being said, it's still my favorite DPS to play, even with all it's unfortunate shortcomings. I TRIED switching, but always end up coming back. :-/

[Sequora]

I just don't understand how they keep saying things like "We're listening to your ideas!! We really are!" and then flat out say no. We don't know what's in store for us for the expansion and we won't know for a bit. In the footage we saw, the old models were being used. That being said, I didn't notice any other classes using new abilities. It's possible they just didn't want to spoil some kind of reveal. Only time will tell.