I love SMN

[Burningskull]

I tried SMN in a lvl 80 Alliance Raid for the first time since expansion launch and I had a litteral blast. It was so intuitive and thanks to the fact most spells are instant it give a lot of oGCD weaving with AetherFlow and Fester... Well... once a minute I guess.

Ruin 4 is kinda weird as I mostly ended up using at the end of my Ifrit, Titan, Garuda phase.

Rekindle is also a weird move considering I'm a controller player and you need to target a party member for.

But other than that I absolutely loved it and was very close to switch mains for it lol.

[Navnav]

Yeah SMN is perfect right now. I will level it after I get my WAR to max then will level SMN, then MNK. Those three classes will be my go to this xpac, with SGE as healer, since i think it's dope.

[Awarewolf]

Yeah it gets better as it levels. So so so fun. My new main and we are having a blast.

[Teno]

I was bitter at first but I warmed up to it, the job fantasy is finally amazing, summoning primals is great in conjunction with demi-primals. My main gripe at the moment is that you're basically spamming 1 during Bahamut/Phoenix phase.

[AceofRains]

I was bitter at first but I warmed up to it, the job fantasy is finally amazing, summoning primals is great in conjunction with demi-primals. My main gripe at the moment is that you're basically spamming 1 during Bahamut/Phoenix phase.

What I have been doing is not using Fester during Phoenix phase and saving my stacks for Bahamut. Then all my weaving is focused on using an int potion and pushing out 4 Festers and 1 Drain. Unfortunately Phoenix suffers as a low point but for that it makes the Bahamut phase much more busy. I use the Phoenix phase to assess the battle and help tip every one off. It always feels good to pull Phoenix out after an AoE goes off.

[Daemonfaust]

Its rare seeing forum posts about people liking anything on these forums lol.

I really like SMN as well. I just think they should move the level 86 Elemental Mastery trait to a much lower level like 50.

[Raikai]

I do too love the new SMN.

But hey, I think it's the job's fate to have the playerbase divided on it, no matter how it is designed.

My only gripe right now with the job is the base carbuncle that does nothing. I wish it was a cosmetic spell so it would be optional, I feel their animation of popping in and out after every other egi/demi is a bit distracting, let alone the fact that the party buff and your personal shield are attached to its presence... I miss a LOT of opportunities to use that shield because something happens I'm either in demi phase or right on that moment where the egi comes to perform their move.

[Equitable_Remedy]

But hey, I think it's the job's fate to have the playerbase divided on it, no matter how it is designed.

Welcome to the internet.

[DMarquiz]

I do too love the new SMN.

But hey, I think it's the job's fate to have the playerbase divided on it, no matter how it is designed.

My only gripe right now with the job is the base carbuncle that does nothing. I wish it was a cosmetic spell so it would be optional, I feel their animation of popping in and out after every other egi/demi is a bit distracting, let alone the fact that the party buff and your personal shield are attached to its presence... I miss a LOT of opportunities to use that shield because something happens I'm either in demi phase or right on that moment where the egi comes to perform their move.

Thank you!! I have been trying to figure out how that carbuncle attacks! I actually stopped playing it last night, only lvl 20, but it's meh. BUT, I tried it very, very briefly before the change with the dots and 'attack everything surrounding one target' carbuncle attack. And didn't even make it to lvl 20. I was planning on quitting the job all together. The only thing I would say is by the time my little red/yellow hit the target, I could finish it off with one quick ruin, but I wait for it to hit so not to waste it and have fun with it.

[OtakuSempai]

You guys must love Ruin IV spam. But hey, at least its pretty to look at and fits your arbitrary definition of what a summoner is right? Gameplay be damned.