Summoner Pets: Quick Fix - Client Sided Summons!

[Shougun]

A lot of what you're saying is old lore. We've long since learned that there is no "real thing." What we're doing is the same thing as a full blown primal summoning. We're just doing it to a scale that feeds off of our aether rather than the land around us.

Huh lol - I missed the part where it's the same thing as summoning the primal, but then that means its even less a reason why we can't empower our image (besides development costs lol). If you get stronger, as everyone will and does, then you can maintain greater Egi from your own aether (even if only temporary).

That was just my point, with the glamour system we have literal proof that the image != the power therefore doing the FFXI "not full power but similar looking" interpretation is 100% within the bounds of FFXIV's current lore (just make sure the change is added within a story so the move forward isn't entirely amiss as a complete reverse change to image). So there is NO lore that blocks the summoners from getting vastly larger summons.

However too large is bad for vision / group play, but we are no where near "too large". And some of that size can be managed through new mechanics/temporary settings. I'm still in awe when I see the larger Warlock summons in WoW, or a bestial wrath pet - never been in awe with the Egi. Although the Bahamut flare is pretty cool, and pretty in line with stupid epic FF SMN visuals so I actually thought when they added that they were actually trying to listen to player feedback. I mean.. Egi still look entirely out of place and bad overall compared to other MMOs and FF's self, but the flare was a great addition imo.