Thread: What are your thoughts on 2.0's summoning system?

Originally Posted by Mijin

Here's a link to the full interview



Okay so I'm going to try to keep my post from being overwhelmingly negative as best I can. Let's talk about this new primal summoning system. I've been thinking a lot about it since I read this interview. What's the point of it?

One of the potential uses for a summon I came up with is that they might be used to take down HNMs that would be otherwise nearly impossible to defeat without them. Which means, everyone would compete with other groups to get the primal, spend a bunch of time doing stuff in order to summon it, and then use it to try to kill a HNM... While everyone else waits approximately two weeks for it to be used so they can get another chance. I don't really like this idea.

The other idea that crossed my mind was that they could be used just like they were in other games in the final fantasy franchise. One hit powerful attacks and that's it. If this is the case, seems like there would be really no reason to put forth the effort of obtaining them, so I rather doubt it.

I guess It could also be possibility that in addition to the summon being a powerful attack/buff, by using a it during certain boss encounters the group would have a chance of obtaining rarer loot that wouldn't otherwise drop? I don't know, that seems to be stretching it.

I really can't think of any other possibilities, and to be honest I'm not too satisfied with the ideas I've come up with. The fact that Yoshida says this is what he's most looking forward to in 2.0 really has me curious.

What are everyone's thought on the subject?

My experience with open bosses. A PAIN IN THE FU##*#%+ ASS.

I hope that's not what's coming at 2.0.

What is this about cheapening? Where did you guys get that? That's just a lame excuse not to have content added by making us waste time not having fun instead of having it.

Listen to what I will say. Even of they launch 10 summons, people will find out which one is the best and two things will happen:

1. You won't ever get it because of farmers.
2. You will be forced to fight for lesser summons just for the sake of "having"