Quote Originally Posted by Taranok View Post
Realistically the devs could literally delete EA1 and 2, shove Ruin 4 procs onto ED/ES (1 at 62, 2 at 74), give ED a charge of 2 to prevent annoying cooldown clipping, and increase the potency of ruin spells to compensate for the loss of a mere 400 potency per minute, and the class would be 100% functional without the bad busywork.

They can also increase Outward's aoe to be 100 by default to account for Garuda's loss of aoe ability or just buff Garuda to closer to 80 potency per GCD or what have you. It wouldn't be hard to do as a mid-patch change to make the class not feel bad, since the class is mostly there already.
Yeah, I'll pass. I've waited years for them to finally make Summoner feel like a Summoner, and actually getting to command my Egis is a big part of that. From where I stand, Flavour is just as important to a job than functionality is - especially in this game where every role tends to be homogenized to a point. I'd rather they try to make changes that keep the class fantasy than turn Summoners into mere Ruin Mages again.
Besides, Aetherflow is a worse offender when it comes to "busywork" than EA is, so if any cuts should happen, I'd prefer they start there.