Quote Originally Posted by Havenae View Post
I think in the future if summoner summons played a more integral role in more aspects than just dps dps dps it would be beneficial to the class and add a preference over others. For instance if pets had more utility or some were able to play a more supportive role such as buffs, debuffs ect, and an increase in the summoners interaction on that front.
This. All of this.

From 2.0 until maybe a patch ago (or was it 2?), summoner was "Garuda or get out." After the slight changes to Ifrit, it became (assuming a melee DPS with the proper debuffs was in the group) "Ifrit or get out."

When they add more Egis, assumedly Ramuh and Leviathan, are we just going to say "(Egi with best DPS) or get out" and let all the others collect dust on the shelf?

My argument is perhaps lost making reference to FFXI, but I enjoyed having Leviathan for Spring Water (healing/status cures), Titan for Earthen Ward (stoneskin), Garuda for Hastega (skill/spellspeed buff), and Ifrit for Crimson Howl (attack buff), just to name a few. No, I'm not saying they need to rework summoner and make us all about the pets. I have no qualms with us focusing on DoTs, although I wish they were elemental and not poisons to fit a bit more thematically.

If we're going to eventually have five Egi, with possibly more in the years to come, they should all be worth using to some benefit to the party. What if we were able to lay down our DoTs on an enemy and have the leeway to use more than one Egi in a single encounter for the utility they bring to the table?

What if Ifrit's Radiant Shield could be cast on the tank? What if Titan's Earthen Ward could be used on the whole party?

The only Job that is required to defeat the primals to progress through its job quests (which wasn't exactly fun to do when the game first released), and all we got was reskinned Carbuncles and an extra 10 potency. Sure DoTs are nice, but nobody wants to see utility brought to the Egis?

Don't even get me started on the other mechanic and pet AI problems with the job.