The problem with Summoners

[Vallhallix]

Yeah they could have done it differently with the pets. Now that i've been playing Ninja I see how they could have implemented summons better. SMN could have stayed bursty and instead use combos to summon different pets (on a timer ofcourse) to execute attacks rather than having them be pets. Maybe they could have had a damage increase but longer cooldown. It would have been much better imo. Not to mention all the "summon combos" would get used, with the pets as they are now you have 2 useless ones that hardly get used. I wasn't around when SMN released, was the class rushed or something? I feel like SMN got the short end of the stick because both Sch pets are useful and only one SMN pet is required. SMN won't get an overhaul though, that's just wishful thinking but some things that they can do to make it better.

- Shorter cooldown for enkindle
- Bane needs to effect the entire mob, Smn is the only dps with a limited AoE
- One good bursty skill that isn't tied with aether stacks
- Aetherflow buff
- Make titan and ifrit better.