Possible solution to summoner

[atomicdeath]

What if, instead of summoning egi's, when you defeat the primals you get to morph into a smaller version of them and utilize some of their power. I think i remember a previous final fantasy character going this route. Like shang sung from mortal combat, cept using avatar powers.

[mountaindew]

You do realize FFXIV ARR is already released right?
You do realize that Sumoner class is already released right?

They are not going to do a whole revamp of a single class when it is already released and so many Summoners are 50 already...

[atomicdeath]

You do realize FFXIV ARR is already released right?
You do realize that Sumoner class is already released right?

They are not going to do a whole revamp of a single class when it is already released and so many Summoners are 50 already...

You do realize that there are alot of discussions going on about how alot of people are disappointed with how summoners function right?

You do realize they messed up the game once already right?

You do realize that they did a whole revamp because it sucked so bad right?

[Scherwiz]

You do realize that there are alot of discussions going on about how alot of people are disappointed with how summoners function right?

Why?

You do realize they messed up the game once already right?

What?

You do realize that they did a whole revamp because it sucked so bad right?

See Above.

[atomicdeath]

Why?



What?



See Above.

huh?

que?

mountain dew?

[Umbral]

Except there are also a TON of people who love the smn class right now. SE wont revamp, end of question. The reason they did ARR was because the negative feedback was overwhelming. A few QQ threads on an english forum wont change a thing. Reroll or buck up kiddo.

Ill refer you to the "Happy SMN" thread. Yeahok. they will change it.

[atomicdeath]

I can refer you to more threads about unhappy summoners that you can about happy summoners.

[Echo]

I can refer you to more threads about unhappy summoners that you can about happy summoners.

Because people are widely known for posting when they're satisfied...

I like the summoner class as-is.

It's not a traditional summoner, no. I see that as a good thing.

The job would feel too much like a black mage with a pet if we had regular nukes, i.e. a "Rydia type" Summoner.
Even Scholar is distinct from a white mage with a pet since the pet is pure support/healer. It is not a "Yuna type" Summoner.

As it currently stands we're the most versatile job in the game. No other job can "fake it" and perform the other two roles in the game in an emergency. That fact won't beat end game content, but it's pretty cool and can't be ignored when seeing the whole picture. If that isn't enough, we rank near or at the top of the damage dealing classes for DPS.

It's not perfect, and I have my share of complaints about it (UI problems with dot effects, Egis are a little boring and we don't interact with them enough, Titan not useful in serious content), but as a whole it's my favorite job presently. I have never seen a suggestion for improvement that makes me go "You know, that would fix things."

[Kevee]

I can refer you to more threads about unhappy summoners that you can about happy summoners.

And within those threads are numerous people disagreeing with the unhappy ones.

[RyuujinZERO]

Your suggestion requires numerous entirely new art assets, animations, game mechanics, and likely a fair few script hooks within the engine.

This is the kind've stuff usually reserved for content patch, and significant enough to justify creating a whole new job class to implement. Contrary to Hollywood's depictions, programming is not like wizardry, where a guy taps the keyboard in mystic patterns and magically the desired thing happens there and then. It's on THAT basis the idea can be fairly safely discarded, at least within the context of replacing the entire summoner class with it