How Would You Do... Summoner?

[Shurrikhan]

Ok sooo... in other words........ you're saying Gimp the SMN AoE so I can selfishly make it into a useless pet class... without really understanding the current job, balance, play or nich... and basically reduce the job to its pre-ARR gimped workings.... so everyone bolts the class again for BLM...

Screw everyone else who actually plays the job for real... I WANT MY DAMN PET CLASS!!!

Got it...

1. I never said I wanted a "pet class". I asked only that if pets be included, which could be highly useful, that they be used well.

2. I never said to gimp SMN AoE as a matter of course. I suggested an approach to an issue you suggested, by which SMN may be made more desirable by being less dependent on AoE burst points in a given fight to be taken.

3. While I never claimed to know the job balance masterfully, I'm well aware of its play and output percentiles due to published statistics, and have at least played both casters across Savage content. I believe that amounts to more than your pre-60 experience. You seem to be again favoring percentile of play over hours of play. While yours may exceed mine on Summoner in Heavensward, I feel confident that I have more hours on Summoner across it and ARR, and many more hours on casters across HW alone. I'm not sure, therefore, why you assume that any player with multiple or all 60s is somehow less familiar with the caster balance situation than you. I would gladly defer to any successful dual-caster main who raids successfully, as my time played is more mixed, but it does not seem objectively reasonable to assume that you are correct when you haven't leveled yours yet, nor have ever played any of the caster role's competitors.

4. I did, however, say (elsewhere) that any change I'd make to Summoner would be to increase its versatility and general viability.

I'll admit that I should try to write more simply as not to be misunderstood, but I have to wonder if my explanations are really so poor? There seems to be little to no connection between the content of your replies and the content you are quoting.