Summoner: if summoner is the first new class to be released what would you expect?

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Summoner is perhaps my favorite job -- and I hated the FFXI (pet) version of it.

Some ways to make it better:

Control Change: The summoner must maintain the summoning spell to keep the avatar out. Avatar appears and then player gains full control of it and can move around and pull special moves that deplete the SMN's MP (as opposed to TP) - no perpetuation cost, if the SMN sustains any damage, the avatar dissapears and the player regains control of SMN.

One Shot - Classic Style: Avatars appear in the same way they did from FFIII - FFIX. That is, they appear. pull off a super attack, and leave. This makes SMN more of a super mage than a pet job and it better reflects the way summoning worked traditionally. Every Avatar would have an assortment of abilities that expands as you level up. You select an ability, the Avatar appears, uses the ability, and is gone. Much more straight forward, and allows for greater variety of things for the SMN to do during a battle.