Shadowbringer: Summoner Changes Discussion

[Milea]

I think its funny that the summoner is no longer a pet class. They are not pets anymore they are just buffs. You get a visual persistent buff spell. They changed our pets into that Rook Autoturret. Personally I think SE has lost touch with the game. People who play pet classes play them BECAUSE they are pet classes. Now we are just standard casting DPS.

I do like the stream line of the other skills. But they get a Big FU for the pet changes.

Traditionally for FF, that is what smn is. Just a powerful buffer or spellcaster.

Even in FFX, summons are more buffs than pets. Imagine ifrit more or less as your party combines into one and gets more stats.

I know MMOs traditionally have a pet class, so perhaps in that aspect, the direction of smn might not jive with those who wanted it to be that for FFXIV.