Sorry to not contribute much, just wanted to say I love this thread. Thanks for everyone's thoughtful input. I was a career SMN in FFXI and plan to stick with it here. So far I am really enjoying the extra mental dexterity required to flourish. FFXI Summoner was far too simple in my opinion.

I agree with the poster that mentioned that it feels like a Warlock from WoW, I agree with that observation.

So far SE has been much more transparent with things and has generally been more responsive, so I think a small leap of faith in waiting for an update is important. But this dialogue to talk about our thoughts is important too, so the devs have angles to work with.

I just hope there is a dev out there whose main class is Summoner too. =D