Thread: SMN 4.06 Changes

Hmmm... I never had the issue where i felt summoner was weak. I mean we are not top teir. But I can still battle against a BLM in DPS. I just want our Devotion to have a bit of a rework. 5% is great and all but proximity is poo

Originally Posted by RyanRebs

Hmmm... I never had the issue where i felt summoner was weak. I mean we are not top teir. But I can still battle against a BLM in DPS. I just want our Devotion to have a bit of a rework. 5% is great and all but proximity is poo

Devotion is really weak to be honest.

Consider the following.

Devotion has a 90 second cooldown. Boosts one person by 5%.

Brotherhood also has a 90 second cooldown and boosts the entire party's physical damage by 5%.

Entire party... vs one person.
Dragoon has dragon sight, which boosts their damage by 10% and the person they are tethered to by 5%. I believe it has a slightly longer cooldown then devotion, but the same could be said for embolden, Chain Stratagem, and anything else.

one person getting buffed 5% is so small it's hardly even noticeable.

Originally Posted by Jonnycbad

It's hard to balance skills by comparing them individually across classes, without taking into account what else that job has.

I basically did that already though.

Devotion is the single weakest buff in the entire game.

No other class has a buff so small as 5% to a random person (basically how it functions.) Dragon Sight is a 10% buff for the dragoon, and 5% for the person they are tethered too. I wish Devotion was like this... Might actually get a benefit, other then the healer.

Embolden? 10% for self and 10% for physical damage for party.
Brotherhood 5% for entire party physical damage.
Litany and Chain Stratagem 15% crit entire party.
Foe Requiem 3% damage for entire party that lasts like 30 seconds.

Devotion can't even buff the summoner. If you do anything Solo, it's greyed out. (Ironic for something called devotion that's a pet skill and can't be used on you, the summoner.)

Originally Posted by Ariomi

Devotion is really weak to be honest.

Consider the following.

Devotion has a 90 second cooldown. Boosts one person by 5%.

Brotherhood also has a 90 second cooldown and boosts the entire party's physical damage by 5%.

Entire party... vs one person.
Dragoon has dragon sight, which boosts their damage by 10% and the person they are tethered to by 5%. I believe it has a slightly longer cooldown then devotion, but the same could be said for embolden, Chain Stratagem, and anything else.

one person getting buffed 5% is so small it's hardly even noticeable.

Most frustrating Devotion can land on a healer which is just as good as wasted. It feels like a filler spell to not leave a gap on skill gain through 60-70.