Summoner Issues & Player Feedback

[LittleArrow]

From all the things they could have done, they chose the worst one.

Of all the possible outcomes, they could've:

• Added Ramuh, Shiva and Leviathan during Phoenix phase. Even if it was just visuals, people would be way happier;
• Added Odin or Alexander as a 180s Egi-summon. Again, way cooler than another Bahamut;
• Added a fourth Egi-summon, even that would be fine (as long as it wasn't a remix of the already existing summons);
• Just reskined Bahamut. This would still suck, but it would suck less than having Bahamut to appear 3 times more than Phoenix in a fight;
• Didn't add any new summon, but made the Egi-summons physically attack their target like the Demi-summons, that way it would actually feel like a summoner;
• Added a new gauge that increases by 10 every time you use a lego, and when it gets 100 you can do the big aoe ability. This is way more interesting than simply having a follow up for the party buff, it doesn't even makes sense imo;
• Increased the Aetherflow gauge by 3 and making Energy Drain and Energy Siphon give 3 Aetherflows instead of 2. We need more buttons to press, not another tier for Fester;
• Gave us an ability like Energy Drain/Siphon that only gives 1 Aetherflow but has 30s cooldown. That's another alternative that is way more engaging than Fester 2.

Anyway, the more I think about how the new Summoner sucks, the more mad I get, and we know they won't change anything at this point. At least we now have confirmation that they don't listen or care about their playerbase, at least the western one. I'll just boycott Summoner for the next expansion and pretend I'm still worth something in this game.

I totally get the frustration, but don't give up! Summoner is still really fun. Of course, there are more complicated jobs out there, but they did change it for the better. It's not a weird dot mage, we have our classic basic summons. There might be a really cool story around Solar Bahamut. I'm 100% on your side, but if you enjoy the job, don't let criticisms / forums / whatever push you away from something that you enjoy. The job is still the same, they're just adding to it. It is a stomach punch to think we have to wait, but we're waiting with a job we already enjoy.

I say to try it out! Summoner is the single coolest job across all Final Fantasy franchises. It's such a cool job that even in the games they didn't have the job they still included the summons. I mean, come on, when you look up "best of.." or "all moves..." from a final fantasy game what do you find? Limit breaks and SUMMONS! Summoner is the most Final Fantasy job there is. It's not something you'll find in any other game. Warlock is a sad little worm of a job compared to pulling up Ifrit, Titan, and Garuda and watching them do their classic moves. Also, I don't care what they call him, Neo-Bahamut - actually it's really Bahamut Zero; Bahamut Zero is the coolest Bahamut there is!

Yes, SE really dropped the ball, but summoner is still fun and I think it's better than it has ever been for a Final Fantasy job in a Final Fantasy game!

I mean, look at this unit! It comes from space, spreads its wings to draw energy *cough*solarenergy*cough* and absolutely orbital blasts the enemy from space! I can honestly say, aside from the tanks, Summoner is the only job in the game where our base moves are 100% way cooler than our limit break! Solar Bahamut is going to be fun. SE still needs to add the other summons, but this was a super cool call back for a level 100 move.