When can we see Arcanist / Summoner in action?

[Colino]

I thought they had said arcanist WILL be in the release of ARR but the SMN will come with a later patch. Apparently they already had the arcanist in the gamedata since 1.0 beta but they never implemented it. Now they are just re-purposing it for the SMN.

Archanist was in the original dat files but it had nothing to do with Carbuncle or summons, for all intents and purposes it's a brand new class.

And yes you're right they did say SMN would most likely make it at a later date. Hopefully before most of us get it to 50 already (but I doubt it).

[ZakarnRosewood]

Archanist was in the original dat files but it had nothing to do with Carbuncle or summons, for all intents and purposes it's a brand new class.

Ya, that's what I heard too. it was supposed to have a staff and do ranged damage or something. That was why I said they were re-purposing. A little disappointed I can't summon the primal themselves but I'm ok with an Ifrit powered carby. I think I also heard talk about them looking at adding in other avatars to summon later on? groovy beans!

[Elexia]

Ya, that's what I heard too. it was supposed to have a staff and do ranged damage or something. That was why I said they were re-purposing. A little disappointed I can't summon the primal themselves but I'm ok with an Ifrit powered carby. I think I also heard talk about them looking at adding in other avatars to summon later on? groovy beans!

The original Arcanist did this:

-Lay Trap type magic (distaffs I believe.)
-Has insane buffs like HP/MP/TP regain
-Used Magic Missile.

So it wasn't fully known what it would do, but these were the basics in the data, so chances are ARN in ARR will likely summon stuff beyond Carbuncle since it's DoT based.

[ZakarnRosewood]

The original Arcanist did this:

-Lay Trap type magic (distaffs I believe.)
-Has insane buffs like HP/MP/TP regain
-Used Magic Missile.

So it wasn't fully known what it would do, but these were the basics in the data, so chances are ARN in ARR will likely summon stuff beyond Carbuncle since it's DoT based.

Thanks, that was what I saw. Couldn't remember where though. I wonder if they will work that concept in as a different class, Red Mage maybe? The concept is neat, just needs some tweaks.