Can Summoners Get Some Of These Combat Changes?

[Ruinfeild]

Just started leveling summoner myself (just hit 62) and I am not quite sure what the major problem is. I mean, I see the list but I feel like I was doing more than enough damage both single and AoE to be useful in the dungeon. The only thing I can agree with is the sustain considering it makes no sense to have a pet that you can't heal.

[Magic-Mal]

Just started leveling summoner myself (just hit 62) and I am not quite sure what the major problem is.

It's simple really. You're lv62. Get to lv70 and you realize how far behind you get in the damage race.

Lv60 -> Lv70 and the only attack you get are Demi-Bahamut at 70. Without stacks you are stuck to individually casting both DoTs on every enemy which is 800 potency after 30secs. Compare it to a BRD with Mage's Ballad who can use Quick Nock(100 potency) every GCD and Rain of Death almost every GCD. With BRD DoTs being like.. 600 potency more than SMN DoTs after 30secs. And I'm not even including Raging Strikes.

Being a BRD main, I can tell you it's stronger now. Unless you use all of your resources as SMN meaning your single-target damage will be pretty much nothing.

You do know you don't have to be right next to Ifrit while fighting a mob, right? If the aoe is center around the mob, use garuda.

Except you can't "just use Garuda". Because it requires a 6 second cast and a huge chunk of your MP to bring out. Wanna use Ifrit again? 6 second cast and another huge chunk of your MP.