Summoner has been confirmed in the future

[PrettyPrincess]

Thanks Alerith

[Wynn]

I was so extremely excited by this news. I can't wait!

[Cyan]

But the more interesting question is:
What will they summon?

It is safe(I think) to say that Ifrit,Ramuh,Shiva,Odin,Leviathan,and Garuda(And a giant Moogle?) won't be accessible to the summoner class/job according to the interviews.

So..do they get some of the lesser summons? spirits?
Must know. Although, I would prefer info on the beastmaster-esque job more, I'll take any pet info I can get O_O

[Alerith]

But the more interesting question is:
What will they summon?

It is safe(I think) to say that Ifrit,Ramuh,Shiva,Odin,Leviathan,and Garuda(And a giant Moogle?) won't be accessible to the summoner class/job according to the interviews.

So..do they get some of the lesser summons? spirits?
Must know. Although, I would prefer info on the beastmaster-esque job more, I'll take any pet info I can get O_O

It wast stated even before SMN was announced that players would be able to summon the primals. (Ifrit, Shiva, Leviathan, Mog, ect.)

[Cyan]

It wast stated even before SMN was announced that players would be able to summon the primals. (Ifrit, Shiva, Leviathan, Mog, ect.)

Yes..
It was also mentioned that these would be special, group summons, most likely in the form of free companies.

I'm talking more along the lines of the pets the Summoner class is going to have.

[Wynn]

I'd be ok with entirely new summons. Go ahead, add to the FF mythos. Players will learn to love the new summons just as much as the old ones.

[Alhanelem]

It was also mentioned that these would be special, group summons, most likely in the form of free companies.

The thing is, they didn't say "special." The way it was stated told me that this was how you used summons. You had to form a free company to use them.

We don't know that the summons will be pets, either. They could be just grand spells like in many single player ffs.

[Alerith]

The thing is, they didn't say "special." The way it was stated told me that this was how you used summons. You had to form a free company to use them.

We don't know that the summons will be pets, either. They could be just grand spells like in many single player ffs.

Which, for the sake of covering all possibilities, could still require a summoner class.

I personally think that's a bit more reasonable than 8 people in a party each summoning their own.

[Cyan]

The thing is, they didn't say "special." The way it was stated told me that this was how you used summons. You had to form a free company to use them.

We don't know that the summons will be pets, either. They could be just grand spells like in many single player ffs.

Unless I missed something, the idea of pets and summons came up two specific times.

1. In the interviews, stating that the primals would be used as free company summons(may have also been in the outline?)
2. In the outline, there is a line mentioning pets. It mentions tameable pets and summonable spirits will be added.


Actually. Found the last one, under the Systems and Content list.

new summoning ability available to certain jobs and classes after version 2.0

This leads me to believe that since all jobs/classes will not get the summoning ability, that they are certainly implying that it will be restricted to NOT ALL OF THEM(Edited for accuracy) .(Not including the Primal free company summons)


Edit: Beaten to it

[nasomi]

whm, blm, and now smn. i can't wait......