7.x Summoner Idea

[Raikai]

I'd argue this seems like the most natural upgrade of the new SMN and is a fairly realistic prediction, however it does have an annoying flaw. Having a 2 minute rotation is something SMN has had in the past and a big issue with it is how punishing it makes getting KOed. If your Leviathan, Ramuh, and Shiva phases are stronger than your Ifrit, Titan, and Garuda phases, then a reset on KO will feel really rough. Now, this doesn't mean it's entirely bad nor that it can't be done. Like I said, SMN had this before in SB, but it's definitely a negative that needs to be looked out for.

They could realistically equalize the Phoenix phase dps to the Bahamut phase, so it won't have a huge discrepancy in case of death... or simply just not resetting the gemstone UI.

As for the Carby... the situation is so bad that if it stays like this I'd rather just have it as an optional cosmetic spell by removing RA from it too. I would actually love - anything - for the pet, even a "dps-embrace" would do. Even if it represented like 5% of the total SMN dps... anything to see the carby actually doing something instead of twerking not facing the boss.

To me, the "perfect" egi glam system would be to fully complete the aetherical wheel with those new 3 gemstones, and then having a robust "Gemstone-glamour" system that can be even a menu option (like Performance, a fluff aspect of the job). There you would be able to swap the summons for others that would match the same element, like swapping Garuda for Bismark, or Ifrit for Belias, etc. This way, the elemental spells could remain as they are and basically we'd swap just an icon and animation for the summon.

Also, PLEASE, put Alphinaud's old carbuncle colors and the other egis (Ramuh, Belias and Sephirot) available into the /petglamour system... They are ALREADY THERE, so why not having them?

My last wish - that didn't happen - was SMN LB3 actually being a jumbo-sized summon. I thought that Alex would be the perfect candidate for this, but then, how your character would be using that before the raid, or if they didn't do the raid at all? Maybe it could be actually a new summon just for it that somehow could be explained during ARR.