I think Summoners are fine.

[Veis]

Honestly, in my opinion, I think summoners are fine.

I see three main complaints about the class:

1.The Dislike of Pet Aesthetics
Do you REALLY want a giant pet in the middle of the already insane cluster of attack glare?

2: The belief that the class is too DoT based and not pet based enough.
Everyone would want a summoner to be THAT class who does nothing but manage a pet until they realized it would be incredibly boring compared to having your own abilities. I look at it like this as a final fantasy fanboy: I have the Bio and Ruin line of spells, and Shadow Flare, one of the cooler spells in the final fantasy series. I like the balance in this game.

3. Boring to play.
People who complain Summoners are dull and simple to play are the same ones who leave their pet on auto and refuse to manage contagion of pet positioning. They never have contagion up for transitional periods in raid fights where it shines and they re-summon their pet multiple times, losing a ton of DPS. If you want a hyper complex class that will challenge you every single fight, play monk, that class will exhaust you during raids.


I REALLY love my summoner and the class is a blast to play. I really think most of the issues people have is that the class is incredibly different from what they expect from most FF games or FFXI.

Each FF is unique, and this one is no exception.