I'm leveling Arcanist, and I'm trying to decide if I want to play Summoner or not. I think I would really enjoy playing a DPS class, but I know that right now it's not exactly one of the best, hardest-hitting classes - and is in fact probably the least desired DPS at endgame - which is really putting me off. I've read a lot of complaints about the class, about the DoTs, the pets, etc. In comparison, Scholar, Arcanist's other possible job, is very useful and highly desired.

Is Summoner worth playing right now, especially over Scholar? Is it as bad as I've been lead to believe?