Smn Rework Suggestions After LL

[aveyond-dreams]

When it comes to lore restrictions vs fun gameplay, games tend to do better when they go the fun route.

For example, “due to lore” in WoW the developers continued to refuse to add playable High Elves despite a consistent push from the community and instead added Void Elves out of nowhere, ala 2019 fanfest when Hrothgar were revealed instead of male Viera. While in WoW it took the most recent Blizzard scandal for the devs to finally relent and give them High Elf customization options, here in FFXIV it only took a single expansion cycle for them to give the playerbase what they were asking for.

It’s a shame that it took this long for them to get summoner right, but I commend them for doing so at last nevertheless. I do not care at all about lore restrictions that can be written out easily. Even the existence of G’raha Tia as a main character would not be possible if they held true to such stringent restrictions since Miqo’te men are just as rare if not more than Viera, and he's become one of the most popular and beloved characters in the entire game.

Moving forward, the most logical progression would be for summoner to gain new summons whether they are trance upgrades/one offs like the new Ifrit/Garuda/Titan. Some likely candidates would be the Warring Triad, Alexander, Leviathan, Ramuh, etc. The possibilities are endless now that the class is no longer a poison mage.