Thread: 7.0 Summoner Dreams?

And yet they have completely superfluous DoTs on jobs like GNB and PLD.

And honestly the healers - But remembering to reapply a DoT every once in a while is all what passes for riveting gameplay for the entire role, so let's not take that away from them.

And the problem with the player buff limit is entirely caused by a combo of the fact you now collect buffs in the burst window and the burst window always aligns with mechanics where the boss debuff vomits on you to solve the mechanic

TOP hello world has what…………6 buffs dumped on you, combine that with like 7 player buffs and it’s no wonder it’s a problem

This job is in such a lose-lose situation no matter what they decide to do with it. I feel like the best outcome at this point is to soft-rework it again with less emphasis on demis so there's room for an actual kit, but yeah right.

was there a Youtuber that shared that opinion? it's been years since I've bothered with any kind of XIV content creator and the only notable SMN main I remember was Larryzaur. it's kind of sad to look back on his old videos to see how passionate he was about old SMN.

Originally Posted by Mayhemmer

This job is in such a lose-lose situation no matter what they decide to do with it. I feel like the best outcome at this point is to soft-rework it again with less emphasis on demis so there's room for an actual kit, but yeah right.

SE pretty much reworks the job every expansion anyway, it's just that this one needs more... severe changes. it makes me wonder if the dev team is even aware there's literally nothing substantial they can add to SMN without having to rework something. it's like a jenga tower of awfulness.

Job is in dire need of yet another rework. I guess listening to some loud youtuber on how it should be more summon-ey and flashy was a terrible idea.

My wet, forbidden dream:

• Objectively separate carbuncle and other summons. So in the game have the physical object "carbuncle" and the physical object X (which will take the various forms of titan, garuda, ifrit, bahamut and phoenix as happens now)
  
• The carbuncle has hp and emnity (stats that change based on the subrole)
  
• the carbuncle has 3 subroles that can be changed during combat (oGCD) and has an ability that changes depending on the role (2 charges, 30s cooldown):
  
  - dps: a dot to be placed on the ground
  - tank: provoke
  - healer: radiant aegis 2 (shield + regen aoe short range)
  
  and in common: searing light and radiant aegis I.
  The smn has one ability to summon the carbuncle and one to swap positions with the carbuncle.
  Auto attacks are based on the subrole at that time:
  
  - dps -> single target, mid-range, more powerful
  - tank -> aoe, mid-range
  - healer-> single target, long-range, less powerful
  
  If the pet is not in range to attack, it basically does not attack unless instructed in the pet's commands to compulsively follow the target.
  
• During phoenix the carbuncle-healer's auto-attack is boosted and a phoenix point is assigned to the carbuncle. This point can be spent, during battle, as a free use of the unique healer ability.
  During bahamut, the auto-attack of the carbuncle-DPS and carbuncle-tank are enhanced and a bahamut point is assigned to the carbuncle.
  This point can be spent, during battle, as a free use of the unique dps/tank ability.
  
• ShB's Phoenix and bahamut return.
  
• Emerald rite 1.3s cast.
  Mountain Buster is no longer tied to Topaz Rite but you have 4 oGCDs to use. Each of these, if Titan is still active, has a 20% chance to double the damage of Topaz rite, if titan is not active, to increase potency ruin 3 by 100.
  Topaz rite does less damage than ruin 3.
  
• Elemental summons have 1.5s cast.
  
• Every time you summon an elemental you have a 20% chance to get a ruin IV.
  When you use Energy drain, you get a ruin IV.
  If the carbuncle dot is active, every 20 seconds you get a ruin IV.
  Ruin IV's maximum stack is 4.
  
• After using ruin 3, if you use ruin 3 again immediately after, the damage is increased.

I dream of SB summoner.