Summoner Job And You!

[PikachuLink]

Summoner Has SOOOOOO much potential in FFXI it was a support wasnt broken but just used as support with minor healing. But there is SO much they can do with summoner this time around and they should have learned from FFXI. dont base this summoner convo of comparing it to the FFXI summoner because it is VERY different game now. But the is no reason why FFXIV will not have a summoner. its a obviously VERY potentially awesome class. and like i said not having pet classes is only limiting...

[Evangela]

No Summons, Not Final Fantasy

[PikachuLink]

^ what evangela said is pretty much the initial thoughts of most of anyone who first thinks of a FF game yes the first 2 didnt have but that was before they knew what was good for them. lol. not saying those games were bad. just saying there is a reason why they have kept them in every game since then.

[Arcell]

Right and they ARE in this game but the circumstances are drastically different. Again, R38 main story quest explains a lot.

[Anathiel]

you know in the other summoner thread somebody came up with an amazing way to implement summoners, you should take a look at it. the way he described putting it in it made it very old school final fantasy...I was just worried about the type of lag it might cause.

[PikachuLink]

Also BTW guys. out of the summons they have introduced so far in their games which ones would you like to see show their face in XIV?

[PikachuLink]

ok i will deffinatly check that out for sure i wasnt aware there was another thread about summoners when i made this but i will look to see. i would like this thread to stay as a convo on wether people want it implemented and if so how and if not why not but yeah i will deffinatly check that out.

[Nilheim]

I could see summons being used as a one time attack, kind of like your 2hr ability in FFXI. You pick a summon (you can change summons every now and then if they granted your their strength) and use it in combat in those tough situations where it can save the day.
I would very much like to see SMN come back because it's a very important aspect of every Final Fantasy game (imo) but as it has been said, it's hard to picture players walking around with Ifrit or Garuda this time around (the main storyline explains why I'm saying this).
I never played SMN much in XI but it was a vital part of the game.

PS: SMN wasn't broken, what happened is you probably saw terrible summoners... which isn't surprising considering half of them didn't have a clue.

[Verecund]

Tie it into Battle Regimens IMO... plus it would be hard to balance the badassitude of summoned demigods if classic PVP were ever implemented =3

[Evangela]

show up, attack and leave <<< dead system since FFIX, R.I.P.