SMN - Why it is not a very interesting job and not a good upgrade from ACN

[T0rin]

my biggest problem with summoner is how boring it is.

Personally, I find it quite entertaining. I like the wide variety of stuff you have to do, all the various cooldowns, timers and counters you need to keep track of and balance properly to ensure everything weaves together properly. I find most other classes boring in comparison, because it is just a simple skill rotation.

since it's already somewhat of a hybrid with it's ability to heal why not add some support abilities like in ff11? hell directly copy if you want. ifrit=aoe dmg boost,titan=aoe stoneskin,garuda=uh....no blink so maybe aoe featherfoot?

Arcanist, the base class, has a small splash of white magic. (Physick) It is a DPS class, not a healing class. (Scholar) If anything, AoE Stoneskin and AoE Featherfoot would be more in line with Scholar. I'd much prefer Summoner to remain a DPS class, and think that when you dilute it with too much support nonsense, you end up with a worthless piece of crap like it was in FFXI.

basically i want something to do when bane is on cooldown that isnt ruin spam.

Thunder, Tri-disaster, Shadow Flare, Miasma II, Fester, Spur, Rouse, Aerial Blast and Enkindle?