SMN's problems feels like it's rooted into the mistake that is arcanist. What the lore says is one thing, what is actually happening is a whole other. I know SE loves its scorched earth cannon so they should aim it at ACN and it's lore and gameplay and nuke them both, then slap a A Retcon Reborn paint all over that and start fresh. Then, they should extract a common suggestion point from all our smn complaints then go full throttle with it. Give half the dots back to SCH and the other half to a new job like chemist.

And then--this one being personal wish list--rebrand smn as invoker. Let it channel/trance primal attacks, like smaller scale judgement bolt or diamond. Once you build meter/gauge with the attacks, actually summon the primal (replacing you temporarily) and be a nuke for like, 10 secs, then revert back to yourself.