I'm not saying it has to appeal to every soul on the planet. Yes it's an unfleshed idea. I don't have the time to sit here and write up "from the ground up, level 1-80 experiences" for all the jobs. I have a day off and for once I'm not exhausted. So I thought I'd share the idea. I don't feel the same way you do. FFXIV SMN doesn't feel like an actual SMN. It feels less rewarding to me. The whole concept I devised for SMN is to make it feel more engaging by having you actually summon multiple beings in a row and having them use their special abilities, only to have to cycle them when they're done. If this were "pre-modernized SMN", it would be "summons big thing. It attacks once and goes bye bye", as it always has been before FFX made them into actual entities on the battlefield.

I understand what you're talking about and where you're coming from, but the fact remains that summoner feels..... well, less than fun. I'm not the only one who thinks this way. From a story standpoint, I understand why SMN is the way it is. From a gameplay standpoint, it feels terrible in my opinion.