Arcanist and Summoner artwork

[Platinumstorm]

Am i the only one who does not like the idea of the summoner artwork?

The AF seems dark and evil, that of a black mage.. and summoning essences , what should this mean? i hope we get clearification, when they upload the presentation on youtube.

will summoners summon versions of ifrit for just a single attack or what does that picture shows?
im hoping NOT.
i was also hoping for other summons than the typical ones..
that means Siren will be a primal boss, like fenrir as well?

There is precedent for black mage summoners [Rydia, Terra], and quite frankly that's the direction I would like for Summoners in FFXIV. The whole white mage summoner kick is old and stale.

I'm most concerned about the summons themselves though - if I'm just summoning a nebulous blob most of the time I'll be pretty disappointed.

Love the armor, would rather have a whip/staff than a book.

[Jennestia]

There is precedent for black mage summoners [Rydia, Terra], and quite frankly that's the direction I would like for Summoners in FFXIV. The whole white mage summoner kick is old and stale.

I'm most concerned about the summons themselves though - if I'm just summoning a nebulous blob most of the time I'll be pretty disappointed.

If we're talking about the few instances prior to later games in terms of 'precedents', WHM should have been part of the Archer branch and not BRD.

[Jynx]

If we're talking about the few instances prior to later games in terms of 'precedents', WHM should have been part of the Archer branch and not BRD.

Oh wow I'm totally confused I think you have your Job names in the wrong places.

[Denmo]

I HAVE A RELIC WEAPON, THEREFORE I CAN PUT LAME PONY PICTURE IN MY SIG

?_?

I don't get it.

[Griss]

Books!
They hit people with books!

Fixed that for accuracy.

[Rahsch]

Was I the only one who got a , Yuna from dissidia, vibe off summoner?

I didn't get that vibe, and plus it's only concept art.

[Nuru]

She has Troll in her name. Stop feeding her. >_>

[Amsai]

Hmm, tanking? Im gonna assume that that is for personal tanking, so Arcanists dont get eaten when out solo? It would be wierd for them to be a main tank.

[Denmo]

Hmm, tanking? Im gonna assume that that is for personal tanking, so Arcanists dont get eaten when out solo? It would be wierd for them to be a main tank.

That's my guess. I'd also wager to say that the pets for SMN aren't as viable as Carbuncle at tanking.

I wonder what 2 class' abilities SMN will be limited to?

I suppose CON would make the most sense, but if it was also THM, it'd be the first Job to have access to all the elemental nukes and the widest range of spells. I'm not sure BLM's would be happy with that...

GLA would just make SMN the most soloable job, eliminating the need for having Arcanist.

MRD abilities do nothing for a mage class

LNC's abilities only help a melee, so no go there.

PGL is taken by BLM, and having both CON and PGL spells will also give it a wide range of healing, too wide? It's still a possibility.

ARC has emnity- abilities, and seems more likely.

[Amsai]

Depending on what provides the most debuff and DoTs access, will depend on whether I play as Arcanist or Summoner. To tell you the truth, arcanist/summoner wasnt even on my radar (im usually melee only) til I read the part about DoTs and debuffs. So even if summoner has powerful avatars, if they dont have access to the most/best DoTs and debuffs, Ill likely ignore summoner and play as Arcanist.

I guess the biggest factor in all that is just how much are they changing class vs job functionality for 2.0?