Summoning Magic concept (video!)

[Irana]

The poor mandragoras T_T

I loved the video xD

[Volsung]

If they truly are not going to have pet classes I wouldnt mind something similar. But if they ever decide to add pet classes, maybe something a bit different.

[Zenaku]

I don't like the idea of quick Summon, the quick summon should only be for very powerful beast you can use for 1 thing only.

[Zantetsuken]

I don't like the idea of quick Summon, the quick summon should only be for very powerful beast you can use for 1 thing only.

The concept was to effectively create an environment where we could summon a very powerful beast. FFXI's system didn't do proper justice to the power of the avatars.

Sidenote: Perhaps I'll need to make another animation to more effectively communicate to people how the instanced summon is compatible with pet summons. No matter how many times I point it out, people still post about how they don't want to give up pet summons.

I think what many of the people need/want is a separate pet class (ie BST, PUP). Primals/Espers/Avatars aren't pets. They are supposed to be demi-gods~like entities of immeasurable power. The more powerful the summon is, the sillier it looks when following a player around like a trained dog.

This is why we couldn't summon Bahamut in FFXI.

[RikkCavalier]

Very good video. Yes, yes, yes, love the idea! EXCEPT, SMN should still be a pet class. (Where they stay summoned, follow you around, etc.) --oh and please allow them to be summoned in cities, please -- Also, the instanced/ultimate attack can only be when the summon reaches enough TP or with low Hp and once its used, you suffer a cool down. (Similar to 11's 2-Hour.) I also agree with the different Tier's from the OP. Good job Zan! I can't wait for SMN! <3