Summoner revamp

[Iromi]

I've said it before. Summoner is a complete joke. Poor man's Necromancer. But half the players love their Super Arcanist so I really think the traditional Summoner is screwed. SMN is pretty much lol garuda DoT spread lolcontagion and then spam fancy oGCD's and ruin popguns.

Ifrit is barely used and Titan Egi is well an afterthought.

Tank enmity ratio's got buffed. Guess who didn't? Titan Egi.

Any new pet skills in HW? Nope. When was their last skill? 40. What level are you now? 60.

This. SMN is a joke. It is not a PET class at all...it is a poison class. In 1.x we took a poll asking for a pet class, not some DoT mage with a "pet" that just stands there and shoots. contagion should have been a SMN ability long ago, more pets added and more abilities about the pet..not us.

It has been my "main" since 2.0 pre launch...and dont get me started on the pet glamours.

And as for the FFXI hate, SMN is totally different now. It is purely about the pets, buffs, debuffs, damage, and magical casting. We do not even sub /WHM anymore and rarely heal. You'll heal on SMN in FFXI as much as you physic in XIV. No one is asking for a SMN to stand there and heal in XIV...who in the world wants that?

People want a class that is about the pet and feels like the pet is a big role. That is easy to fix in XIV.

Just allow multiple pets with diff abilities. Hastega for the PT, how bout a cure ability that cleanses debuffs and heals a little. Then we can have abilities to make the pet cast strong magic. wnat more buffs..sure how bout increase stats on the PT. Refresh..etc..the possibilities are there but we are left with this bland job instead and battle system.