You have ST and a strong raid syngery that 1 of them affects all casters in the group and the other for 1 target to , unlike drgs 10% buff to self and 5% to another, buffs them by 5% and reduces the damage they take by 5%.

Eye for an Eye and Virus are gone. Like, literally gone for Summoners. At best we get Addle, the Mage side of Virus, and the other one was given to Melee DPS. Meanwhile, Devotion, our new utility no longer buffs the party and only the person closest to the pet. Contagion is a poor man's Foe's Requiem/Bishop Hypercharge and...

Ifrit has a mini hyper charge

Oh! Thanks for reminding me that Ifrit's Radiant Shield was loaded on with a 2% vulnerability debuff, like a crappy Rook Hypercharge. Now we'll never see Garuda again except in almost-all Caster parties, or in a party with 2 SMNs... but who'd take SMN SMN in a serious raid, due to party bonus penalties?