I'm hugely enthusiastic about the changes personally. Summoner has always felt more like a poison mage than a summoner for a very long time. Bahamut and Phoenix are great, but they only available late game (70+) and until then you're left with the Egi's which feel very underwhelming by comparison. Not only do the Egi's pale in appearance to their counterparts, but the damage they contribute is far from impressive, even with Enkindle. DoT's just aren't as useful for large crowds of enemies as AoE nukes are, since you need the whole timer to tick down for them to deal their full damage.

This change feels more on point. No more DoT, just straight murdering everything as hard as you can. Moreover, imbuing yourself with the aspect of the summon to cast like-element attacks is genius! Summoner has always been my least favourite magical caster in FFXIV, when it used to be one of my all-time favourites (especially from FFXI). That's a hard fall from grace, but this update gets me excited for Summoner again.

Can't wait to roll out my Summoner when Endwalker hits!