Summoner Info

[Ruanark]

wasn't mentioned that by reaching ACN lvl 50 you unlock both SMN and SCH? now i'm confused

No, I think you misread whatever said that. What happens is that BOTH SMN and SCH's lvls are dependent on your ACN lvl. So if you lvl ACN to 45 with SMN unlocked, SMN will be 45 when you equip the soul. If you swap to the SCH soul, the SCH will be lv45. Jobs do not have exp bars of their own, only the main class their tied too. (so SMN doesn't gain extra lvls from THM and SCH doesn't gain lvls from CNJ, only ACN for both)

Edit: To unlock SMN, you need THM at lv15. To unlock SCH, you need CNJ at 15. In addition, ACN must be 30+ and for each job, you have to do a quest to gain the Job Soul. After that, you can freely change jobs/classes between SMN/SCH/ACN by equipping/unequipping souls while on ACN.

[Tremere]

No, I think you misread whatever said that. What happens is that BOTH SMN and SCH's lvls are dependent on your ACN lvl. So if you lvl ACN to 45 with SMN unlocked, SMN will be 45 when you equip the soul. If you swap to the SCH soul, the SCH will be lv45. Jobs do not have exp bars of their own, only the main class their tied too. (so SMN doesn't gain extra lvls from THM and SCH doesn't gain lvls from CNJ, only ACN for both)

Edit: To unlock SMN, you need THM at lv15. To unlock SCH, you need CNJ at 15. In addition, ACN must be 30+ and for each job, you have to do a quest to gain the Job Soul. After that, you can freely change jobs/classes between SMN/SCH/ACN by equipping/unequipping souls while on ACN.

I still haven't seen any official word on this. I'd like to see a source. I mean, that would be the obvious choices and those are what I leveled, but I'd like some sort of official statement.

[WildBorr]

I see that Ramuh, Leviathan, Shiva are probably being added soon as summoned pets... any chance we can round it out w/ Diablos?

Forget Diabolos, I want Fenrir!

[wolf_paw]

Forget Diabolos, I want Fenrir!

AMEN! Fenrir would be awesome with so AoE Buffs/DeBuffs

[Waltbjr]

I'm still waiting to see if SMN can use its pets to Off-tank in some dungeons. If so, I may have to level that when I'm not working on WAR.

During phase 4 some friends and I three manned Tam Tara and we were all ANC and all used topaz Carby after I healer quit. We had a blast and I tanked every boss and Carby kept hate really well

[Koldhara]

i somehow think carby is a bit OP when it comes to tanking. granted the initial three dungeons are fairly easy, it remains to be seen how it can perform in the other ones. as an off tank, its probably likely but i dont imagine it will be nearly as easy or efficient as a non pet off tanker.

[MalZhen]

Great I should be all set for summoner after a few more lvls

[chishi]

i somehow think carby is a bit OP when it comes to tanking. granted the initial three dungeons are fairly easy, it remains to be seen how it can perform in the other ones. as an off tank, its probably likely but i dont imagine it will be nearly as easy or efficient as a non pet off tanker.

Agreed. The defensive carbuncle seems a bit over-tuned for the lower levels (having almost twice the health of tanks), but I doubt it'll be like this past 30ish. Titan egi may have a similar honeymoon period after unlocking summoner, but I doubt we'd see much use for them beyond tanking little adds or for brief moments in the later game. That being said, I'd be really happy to see even that much of a off-tanking role for SMN.

As for additional egi, I'd be interested as to how they'd be implemented. Additional DPS/Tank/RDPS egi? Or would it be something different like having Leviathan egi be a support/healing type which could be helpful in later game situations.

[Janeya_Jabuka]

I too am curious to see a source for having a second class to lv 15 in order to get SMN or SCH just because I apparently missed it, lol and here I thought I was up to date on the latest ACN/ SMN info! So if anyone could link me, I would greatly appreciate it! <3

[Blitzace]

God these egi's are awefully small ...

OT - Arcanist is alot of fun and with Topaz Carbuncle, atleast at lower levels. Is a better tank then most players if the ARC knows how to play.