I hope the SMN here is different from Spiritmaster in Aion.
There, the Spiritmaster was a DoT class and summons didnt really matter.
I loved the FF11 SMN for the reason that the ONLY way you have of being useful is summons.
You are summoner, not a battle mage with damage spells.
I hope FF14 SMN focuses 90% or more on Summons.
I dont want "no summons build" to be a viable one.
If such a thing is viable, then why in the world its called a "Summoner"