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

[KingBerry]

What I want as a summoner is to be able to summon all kinds of avatars like fenrir, valefor,bahamut,Phoenix, and espers/etc. I want that whole XI summoner feel with of course improvements. Don't want limits Like hours of cool downs unless they make summons like XI draining mp and brining back gear that reduces mp consumed by avatars. I want rare items relics/AF that gives you exclusive summon like relic for bahamut and AF weapon for diabolos.

Weapons:ORB
Summons: at least more then XI
Cool down: like XI

Post your What do you expect if summoner was released yes I'm bored.

[Phe]

a horn.
carbuncle.
fairy elements.
shiva AF.

[KoujiGeki]

a horn.
carbuncle.
fairy elements.
shiva AF.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Talk-Summoner

[Babydoll]

- I want to be able to keep my pet out constantly.
- The traditional summoner horn.
- Whip weapons

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[Zantetsuken]

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.

[Rannie]

a horn.
carbuncle.
fairy elements.
shiva AF.

I'm all for the radio active Rat i mean carby i love him he's always so adorable. Of course if there is summoner the Af is going to have to have a horn in it. It's common like the pimpin rdm Hat is a symbol of a Red Mage. Fairy Elements are nice too atleast it would be better looking than what 11's elementals were dunno about the shiva af....

[Andrien]

I don't want that FFXI summoner feel, something better is what I want.

I want to be able to cure and buff summoned pets, and use their ultimate technique when I charged them up instead of waiting on a timer. something like normal abilities cost mp and super techniques cost summoner points.

[Ryans]

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.

As fun as the control system would be, this game has too many positional elements for the summoner to worry about its avatar and himself to be an effective member.

The one shot system would be too boring in my opinion. Maybe if each avatar had a combo and they'd stay out as long as the combo was active.

I'd prefer to have summoner be able to fulfill any of the party slots depending on what avatar they have out. Maybe they get a unique spell depending on their current pet on top of what the combo the avatar itself can do. When they have a light type avatar out, a small cure type of spell that the summoner uses and the pet does regens, curagas, and esunas. When you have an earth avatar out, the summoner can use something like stone throw and the pet has stoneskin, en-stone, slow, and some fist weaponskills.

[urtv]

the summoner should instead transform into the avatar for the primal and their skills be replaced with a custom skill set for the avatar

[Forte]

the summoner should instead transform into the avatar for the primal and their skills be replaced with a custom skill set for the avatar

So it would be more like Morpher? Then smner and if that is the case that I would like orbs to be weapons and you can have different affinity's to the different beast classes. Always liked Morpher wish to see it in more then FFTA