SMN changes

[Kuponutz]

The dotting and great aoe was what made me fall in love with smn. It feels like they've taken away it's identity to me.

^THIS^ Without dots what are we?

[Senliten]

^THIS^ Without dots what are we?

A halfbreed mix between EQ's Necromancer and Beastlord?
Hell, lets just go ahead and do what shoulda been done since the design phase of 2.0..... made summy a beastmaster. Pets: Check, Detrimental DoT type spells: Check, Pet buffs: Check, Fancy gear with beast or dragon like motifs: Check
Anyone else getting this feeling? Or am I seeing the writing on the wall a little too sooner than others?

[Kuponutz]

I loved BST in FFXI I hope they bring it back IN FULL. Summoners had a hard time finding their place in FFXI also, we weren't useful as SMN most of the time and ended up healing.
I would pay money to have BST be one of the jobs we get next.

[Alisi]

^THIS^ Without dots what are we?

We'll have our DoTs. DoTs and Ruin are really the only things we can do as the aether flow spells are off limit while we're in DWT. T^T Tri-disaster one the main and dot up the rest, while Bahamut actually does our DPS.