Customary "When are summoners getting new summons" thread

[Jandor]

The devs explained their philosophy at the start of 3.0 in that they want to move away from creating a mass pet job and instead focus on giving the skills to the SMN itself (hence bahamut being a "trance" not a pet), this being more balanced, less of a strain on resources, and overall would produce a more interesting job.

I personally would have been really happy if the last 2 Summoner skills had been:
Summon IV - uses attunement to upgrade your summon to Bahamut-egi. Also makes Ruin III cheaper.
Enkindle II - commands Summon IV to go absolutely mental at a cost of tiring himself out and turning back in to Garuda.

Damage and gameplay wise I think you should end up in roughly the same place as current Summoner but with a more 'summonery' feel .
Although I'm not speaking from personal experience there, I was pretty disappointed with the lack of pet focus and dropped the job in 3.0.