Quote Originally Posted by vio_p View Post
Nope, this class is a dps not a healer, it may of needed arcanist at first to become a summoner at most I'd think it would at least get some sort of bonus to healing the pet with that skill but nothing else other than that. It would be bad to have more classes running around like the red mage does and negating the use of the other healers.
Physick, return of sustain...

Summoners need a way to keep their pets alive, even in solo content.
Otherwise, there's no use for a tank pet.


Quote Originally Posted by Synrin View Post
Correct me if I'm wrong, but my take on it, if you are still discussing Sustain (SMN pet heal) and not just finding flaws in each other's logic, is that now healers will have the responsibility to keep pets and such up. For example your fellow healer could keep an eye on your fairy too, while you also keep an eye on both your fairy and SMN's pet. That sort of dynamic doesn't seem far-fetched.
I haven't done any healing since Stormblood launched...

But, back in heavensward it was really difficult to keep track of other player's pets.
They don't show up on the party list.

And, on controller especially, it is difficult to target them.
You're required to adjust your targeting filters constantly to change targets around between the pets and enemies.

If the design is to have the healers be responsible for pet health, then it needs to be much easier than it was in heavensward.