Summoner Health Check

[Croweyes]

Hey, Summoners!

How you all doing?

So, that LIMITED Job, Beast Master, boy howdy. Looks a lot like what you all should be. Having your summon out, switching out, getting to use all your summons plus more from all the adventures you all had, all those primals you've seen.

Real talk though, Beast Master looks more like summoner then actual Summoner Job.
Crazy.

How have you all not been raging over this? Looks a LOT like the job rework you should of got.

[TeresaFortell]

What's there to rage about? There was no high expectation of it when they announced the job would be limited at level 50, all the while gutting blu.

[Selsix]

TBH I'm surprised anyone even plays SMN anymore after the severe dumbing down it got. It's by far the most braindead job in the game and that's saying something considering the current state of all the jobs.

[Adin]

TBH I'm surprised anyone even plays SMN anymore after the severe dumbing down it got. It's by far the most braindead job in the game and that's saying something considering the current state of all the jobs.

Its all down hill from here

[Destati]

I would be pretty mad if I actually played Summoner. But I never liked the look of Egis and Carbuncles to begin with (like be so ffr, why would I want a Happy Meal nugget following me around) , then they just... *gestures to what the job is now*

I guess I'll be a little salty if Beastmaster turns out to be what I wanted out of Summoner and it's stuck as a limited job but oh well.

My tinfoil hat theory is that one of the reasons they gutted Summoner is to make a future Beastmaster class less redundant...

[Jeeqbit]

Is true; Summoner should be able to capture primals like Beast Master catches beasts. Then we learn what we need from fighting the primal to summon it. It shows how it doesn't have to be limited either.

[Vespar]

I havent played SMN much since about 3-4 months into DT. Ive played it very few and far between compared to all my other jobs. Which is a shame. I loved SMN before then.

I really hated that we got a reskinned Bahamut instead of a new primal like Levi/Ramuh/etc. Which is funny because I recall someone on the reddit forums having shown off a Ramuh-egi that was data mined ages and ages ago. Really wish they'd get rid of Solar Bahamut and rework SMN back into something worthy of the name tbh.

Though that all said, I harbor no ill will against BST. But I wish that too was a REAL job and not limited.

[LanceSummers]

Every job should be made to feel "limited" instead of having to adhere to the boring standard for balance and homogenization that currently exists.

[Reimmi]

Every job should be made to feel "limited" instead of having to adhere to the boring standard for balance and homogenization that currently exists.

This, i'd rather have more unbalanced jobs and more interesting toolkits.

[Selsix]

Every job should be made to feel "limited" instead of having to adhere to the boring standard for balance and homogenization that currently exists.

Strong agree but this would require them to actually put effort into job design for once.