(Un)Official Arcanist/Summmoner Feedback Thread

[Kevee]

Contagion is certainly awesome, but the main issues are Ifrit's various mechanical quirks and radiant shield. It's not really that extreme.

It is. There is virtually no fight where, even if Ifrit did the same ST damage, you would use him.

Not one.

Ifrit would have to be able to out-damage Garuda AND contagion for him to be relevant(both ST and AoE), and then that would just polarize it the other way.

Pets need to be re-worked, have definable roles, and be reduced to a 2.5s cast(with reduced MP cost) for us to see use of other, or multiple, summons.
Garuda should be AoE, Ifrit should be ST, and Titan should be the solo/tank pet. With defined roles, and being able to switch them, it becomes a system where you use the proper pets as needed.

At the least, pets need a DEFINED role. On top of this, ALL pets need to be effected by Foe Requiem--Not just Garuda.