I think this game could use a warlock class.

[Mael-bess]

Doesn't matter how you slice it, XIV's SMN still fulfills the criteria off the fact that, like the others before it, they summon things. Whether it's screen-filling size avatars or otherwise is irrelevant. Your dislike of the XIV SMN doesn't mean it's not a SMN.

Loads of games have classes that summon things (WoW Warlock, GW necromancer, ect), that doesn't makes them summoners (FF summoners). The fact they are this way in FFXIV is mostly to not get in the way of gameplay, like many folks have stated, such as summons too big will clutter your screen.
But you are right, this is my opinion, i don't like how they are here while having previous FF's in mind, SE has every right to call them summoners, i just don't agree with it.