I can see how figuring out the best way forward for summoner is tricky. I've seen all sorts of suggestions. I'm sure it was not an easy path. All in all, people are playing summoner now. So, that means there are plenty of people out there that like well enough. After the rocket science hoops that we jumped in the early game over the years, it did feel pretty dumbed down but I am glad they made summoner feel more like an actual summoner. It still has some really good aspects like the movement. I can see how people who wanted a more complicated class to dive into savage would be disappointed (I had a friend who was in that camp for sure).

The new primal. Looks like a bahamut reskin. My guess is they'll likely give us some good lore based reason that they chose that direction. I saw a handful of people who were excited for a new bahamut, but a lot of the comments from reddit were less favorable. (Thread can be found via google search ffxiv the future of summoner) However, just from being in the camp of primal collector hoping to summon some cool new thing, that one did not land for me from a visual standpoint. I am hoping the actual skills we get for summoner will make it more desirable.
(I honestly hate complaining, because I know people worked hard on it, but certainly someone at the top should have seen that a reskin was going to cause upset).
I will just bury my grief in new dye channel options and that pictomancer ability with the hammer.