(Un)Official Arcanist/Summmoner Feedback Thread

[SirDiscoFrog]

That would explain a lot. There are so many times I just thought Bane was not getting everything I wanted to. It would be nice to up the cap a bit though. Maybe to 5 or 6? It should def prioritize monsters without DoTs on them though. I'm more concerned with the egis than the summoner abilities though honestly. I wish the had more punch to them (aesthetically and ability wise). Seeing the differences between the egis and carbuncles side by side does disappoint me.

What I do find wrong about a lot of posts in this thread, are the following:

1. Tri-Disaster is way underrated, especially in WPSR.
2. You don't need Ballad to keep DPS going, it is more a factor of having good companion AoE DPS and a tank who won't put you into situations where you need to waste mana.
3. You don't need Energy Drain to keep DPSing in long boss fights.

So many people dont get how awesome Tri-Disaster can be with Swiftcast, even if its situational. I primarily use it when i notice a tank is not keeping aggro on a whole mob and something goes after a WHM, but i end up needing it in a good amount of dungeons i go in, but only once has anyone noticed it.

Also if you keep up with Aetherflow and are using your stacks/re applying it correctly I dont see how any SMN could run out of mana. I typically dont run out unless I am just not paying attention and I am using Ruin II instead of Ruin I as a filler spell. I dont see SMN AoE dmg as being as bad as it seems people are saying. SMN do things better over time and are more mobile(which is especially helpful in fights like the Taulard fight where you have to constantly be dodging). BLM have more bursty AoE. Just because one is faster doesnt mean the other is not viable. I personally dont mind this trade off, I just want the egis to get some more love.