Thread: [dev1022] Unofficial 6.0 Summoner Feedback thread

Originally Posted by Dyvid

*Aetherflow is a dead mechanic and unnecessary in this new design. Wouldn't be easier to just delete it all together and give Fester / Painflare 3 charges over the course of 1 minute?

It does have the sort of feeling that it's going out the door, but this is also currently one of the most satisfying parts of SMN for me, the extra burst and weaving on every Bahamut/Phoenix summon and that explosive opener we get because of it.

I've played SMN since Stormblood and loved how that iteration tied Aetherflow into DWT/Bahamut aesthetically, as well as how DWT was flexible in use within the 1 min cd of Aetherflow. EW has returned that feeling somewhat thanks to the choice of rotation with the summons, so now it's just missing the feeling of a busy rotation.

I agree with the suggestion of having an Aetherflow cap of 3 and think it would be nice to get it from summoning Bahamut/Phoenix. An ambitious side of me would also love to get 1 from summoning Ifrit/Titan/Garuda for a total of 6 per minute (with potencies adjusted to avoid being overpowered of course, this is purely about gameplay). An even more ambitious side would like an extra Aetherflow OGCD option and for the Aetherflow abilities to also change with our summons, for a little on the fly decision making about which attunement you want to spend the stacks under rather than these just being extra empty Fester casts.

I am bored and I have time, so I might as well conntribute.

I have said it before in other threads, but SMN feels really simplified prior to level 86. The job is child's play, really. After 86, the job seems to come into its own as a late bloomer, which is okay for me. My only negative complaint about the job in its current state is that I feel something needs to be done to make the job more engaging before level 86.

I was saddened by the removal of DoTs, but it was a long time coming. DoTs were feeling more tacked on to the SMN identity after Bahamut and Phoenix were introduced. Tri-Disaster also made keeping DoTs on targets easy and they were not very visual, so it is not like DoTs meant much in the fun department. Closer to the end of Shadowbringers, I was finding my DoTs to be an annoyance, really.

After level 86, I am a big fan of the new three summon phases. Changing between the phases keeps me engaged in battle and each of the phases adds personality to the job. Titan's Mountain Buster and Ifrit's Crimson combo are memeworthy. And when the three elementals change at level 90 to full-sized primals, I feel strong and I like that.

I cannot complain about how much more mobile the job is now, either. SMN was the mobile caster before and now it is even more mobile, which gives a caster job choice to players who hate standing around feel the need to move around a lot.

I do not see this mentioned much, but I am a fan of the Enkindle changes for Bahamut and Phoenix. Prior to the change, trying to smash two of the Enkindles into each phase was stressful. It was easy to do, but it still gave me slight anxiety every phase because it was easy to mess up.

I am generally happy with the new SMN and I am excited to try it out in high tier content.

Also like to add

Let Searing Light be useable outside of combat.

I think a better aproach would be switch rekindle and searing light, we get a party tool every 1 min or 2 and we get a raid boost on dps every phoenix phase