Quote Originally Posted by KaiserDrill View Post
What was said about carbuncle is that it is arcanist exclusive. Meaning that it will not be able to be set by other jobs.

I think the whole essence thing is that the primals power is housed in another being. We saw concept art of chupon, fenrir, and cait sith. Could be wrong but i think that is the direction they are going.
The Special Talk they did on it said that Carby would be 'replaced' while as a SMN, but that may have just been a mis-translation or something. I'm pretty sure SMNs won't be able to use him, though.
Methinks that Chupon, Cait Sith, Fenny and Odin are all wandering Primals, so I'd be surprised if SMN could actually use any of their abilities; at least not until the cap rises. I've also had the artwork of Bahamut up on my background for months now, so maybe he'll be wandering too, if not an actual main part of a storyline.