Summoner Early Post-Launch Feedback at level 80

[CecMiller]

I tried UCOB and UWU on SMN the other day - There was a significant drop in dps. I do well in both fights so it was interesting to see it from a firsthand perspective.

To put it plainly, when I was using Ifrit on SMN (in UWU) before shadowbringers he was doing:

2.9k per burning Strike
1.2k per auto.

Total: 4.1k per gcd

After Shadowbringers:

1.4k per burning Strike
0 per auto (non-existant)

Total: 1.4k per GCD

% Change = -66% in DPS from GCD differences of the pets.

The lack of an ifrit auto is one of the reasons for SMN's low dps in level 80 content and synced content at 70 (I was being outdps'd by a tank at some points in UCOB)

Also the new normal fights require you to be on point with your Energy Drain/AF uses before you lose a use via boss transitioning. Its said more changes will come in 5.05 and hopefully will address some of our issues or tone us up a bit before bigger potential changes in 5.1.

As for the pets: I really really hope that they base it off player potency. I want to see the player potency number - Not have to do some math and try and figure out their potency.