I MISS THE OLD SUMMONER!

[Khryseis_Astra]

Why do we have Carbuncle?
Why do I need Carbuncle out to summon Bahamut? To do certain skills?

We are an even worse pet job now cause the pet doesn't attack but is still required.

In the old games, Carbuncle was a summon in its own right. Its abilities were mostly defensive, so things like Ruby Light that gave the party Reflect, as well as teaching things like Protect and Shell. We have a cute little nod to that in XIV with things like Aegis.

But in XIV, as I understand it, Carbuncle isn’t really its own being: it’s a magical construct formed by our aether, kind of like a familiar or a focus for our energies, which is why Carby disappears when we summon an egi: our aether is shifting to that form and calling upon that energy and the residual energies of primals we’ve been exposed to when we defeat them when we summon. So neither Carby or the primal egis are really pets, but more like magical thought forms we create. So in a way it makes sense that it’s just sitting there waiting for us to cast our next summon, even if it seems odd to how it worked before. I do feel like it could use an auto attack though when it’s not busy turning into our summons! lol

[Nero-Voidstails]

I want carby to do something not just stand there because well all the carby skill could be use by the smn instead making him well useless

[SoloWingMetatron]

I want carby to do something not just stand there because well all the carby skill could be use by the smn instead making him well useless

Agreed! - This is my biggest gripe with the current Summoner...The Carbuncles/Egi need to do something! Even if it's just something simple like an auto attack. But ideally something more substantial, that is key to the jobs core rotation! - I hate seeing our OG pets being slowly stripped of everything...To the point that they are now essentially just glorified minions...

This is a problem that is very blatant in the earlier levels of Summoner (1 - 50+) where we don't have access to Demi's or Gemshines - Without these core job components and the Egi just sitting there, over half of the jobs leveling journey is super jank, broken and boring because it has almost nothing till the later levels!...

[Nero-Voidstails]

Agreed! - This is my biggest gripe with the current Summoner...The Carbuncles/Egi need to do something! Even if it's just something simple like an auto attack. But ideally something more substantial, that is key to the jobs core rotation! - I hate seeing our OG pets being slowly stripped of everything...To the point that they are now essentially just glorified minions...

This is a problem that is very blatant in the earlier levels of Summoner (1 - 50+) where we don't have access to Demi's or Gemshines - Without these core job components and the Egi just sitting there, over half of the jobs leveling journey is super jank, broken and boring because it has almost nothing till the later levels!...

I think all smn should act like baha stay for 15 second while attack turning tri disaster into volcano/vortex/tremor depending on with one you use ruin should turn into blaze/stream/rock smash. inferno and all those take the inkledle place the other move could be change for hurricane a weak aoe with a dots that old for 15 second ifrit could be a eruption doing like 500 potency and 25% less to all other target. titan could make a 300 potency shield to everyone with a dots AOE on the ground like doton? not sure if it is doton.


carby could do a slap for 100 potency one move he have is a reflect for 5 second for half the damage people would have taken and well the DPS buff.