Quote Originally Posted by Capriana View Post
What you are suggesting is ludicrous. They can not simply go back and change all the FFXIV lore, story lines, quests, and everything with summoners in them.
This is the card we are dealt with and we should learn to enjoy it.
Perhaps its been too long since I've rewatched the ACN/SMN cutscenes, but I can't recall any of that saying why we ended up DoT-centric or why our pets have such limited contribution. Nor is there much explicit text or explanation that would conflict with the majority of requested reworks. Even the term "Egi" is rarely enough defined as to take more than some dozen lines of adjustment if the concept were to be changed to <the brief appearance of an primal's image before a like manifestation of aether into a powerful spell> rather than <a persistent unit with access to like elements of magic through 2 basic skills and 2 unique abilities>; the only issue then would be the combat against the Egis in the quests themselves, assuming the term couldn't take either meaning contextually... And, at the same time, most of the requests for a more functional and effective pet presence in Summoner gameplay could be met without making anywhere so drastic a change. I really don't see what, lore-wise, is preventing a more Summoner-like (or otherwise more engaging) Summoner.