Quote Originally Posted by KaiserDrill View Post
This is what i was trying to say a few pages back. I am going to x fingers for chupon. He is wind based (or was in ff vi). So the summoner will somehow transmute the essence of garuda into him? Just a thought

Seems to me like we will get lesser spirits instead of the primals. This would still allow for the whole primal story and not cheapen them (which to me makes sense from an immersion standpoint). But at the same time we could still have these lesser spirits.
Hahaha, you really want to see him, huh? =) It's a good thought, although I think people would get confused (possibly a little angry) if you try to summon Garuda and Chupon/Typhon turns up instead!

Quote Originally Posted by Crevox View Post
I want them to be pets; the FFXI system was great. Your pets should be the source of your power, not you. This garbage they're doing in MMORPGs nowadays (WoW etc) where the pet is a "side thing" that does 10% of your damage is dumb. The pet should be everything as a summoner; it is your power.
Summons could still be the majority of their power, even if they did them as 1-shot spells... Like in every FF game prior to X. They're time and resource consuming spells, but once they've been cast they can wreck havoc. Them being perma-pets is more of a DoT application in my eyes. Having them out for 1 minute of auto-attacks potentially dealing the same damage as a 1-shot nuke could.

Quote Originally Posted by Tonkra View Post
well i cant really imagine that a summoner is really fun to play or to watch if the pets are going to be "one-shots". so in battle against shiva for example a summoner is casting ifrit for over 40 > times... wouldnt be this annoying? ;XD it would be constantly used like a regular fire spell from a black mage.
Again, if they're powerful (like the equivalent of an Astral Flow) then I'd much prefer it over a perma-pet. If the spells are that strong then you wouldn't be able to (or need to) spam it over and over.