Another Upset Summoner

[SoloWingMetatron]

I think ultimately if Dyvid's idea was going to work without much balancing issues, it would need to be simplified down. Maybe each Egi could each get an attack that adds a single status effect debuff.

Shiva - Freeze
Ramuh - Paralyze
Leviathan - Silence
Titan - Petrify
Ifrit - Heavy
Garuda - Confuse

Even then though I'm not sure this really gives the SMN enough of a reason to actively use each Egi. Some people will always just use the Egi's that they find most aesthetically pleasing, not caring about added status effect debuffs or an extra bit of DPS. Some players are more casual in their play style (choosing to only use Sic for example) which is fair enough, but they also need to be accommodated. SE probably made the right call with the glamour system and choosing to focus on building up the Ranged, Tank, and Melee Egi types. Any other method will either cause an unnecessary balancing issue, or just be small, simple changes (like status effects) that make negligible difference to the Egi's overall.

What would definitely be useful though is more healing spells for SMN to use exclusively on the Egi. After a while Sustain just doesn't cut it, especially in Keeper of the Lake. Or maybe if Egi's were added to the party bar for all to see then the healer could keep them up.

Actually the lack of decent healing abilities to keep the Egi alive kinda makes the whole emergency tank Titan idea fall apart. Even if Titan were to get a proper provoke his HP will still start to fall very quickly once he gains hate, which Sustain/Physick would not be able to counter that well. Therefore Titan would either die rather quickly, or SMN would have to sacrifice DPS in order to focus on healing Titan and would still likely fail in a proper emergency situation.