I think Summoners are fine.

[Rover1983]

Lol....

Simple solution here; Play another dps class and come back an tell me the class is fine. Yes we have utility, we have heals, we have rezzes but it doesnt overshadow the fact that the class is labled a dps job yet it doesnt do a good job of it. I honestly feel why the class is in the state it is is because it was released in the last phase of beta which to me, isnt enough time to make changes to the class.

Dragoons hit for far more and overall do more,
Black Mages blow our damage out of the water with 800+ nukes,
Bards blow us away in damage wit 400+ AUTO ATTACKS and even more with their shots+awesome utilty with songs,
Monks do tremendous damage if the player is good with the positional abilities plus stance dancing.

full suit of AK+Garuda book+DL jewelry, my 4 dots are ticking for roughly 270ish every 3 seconds, pets hitting for 150ish and ruins hitting for 150ish, while it may all sound fine an dandy, the other dps classes do overall much more.