Summoning...Potential Ability, or Job?

[Chipmunk777]

heh, that would be pretty cool. a calculator in FFXI

[IleDeusMorpheus]

Yeah, and some Mithra dancers ... >:-D

Not to mention a Galka berserker. THAT would be scary

[Hefferin]

maybe if they do have a summoner they should increase the lv cap 100? and make it so you have to be a high lv 80? to get summoner

[mechabomber]

that'd be kinda pointless since then you'd have to go all the way back to square one after getting to level 80. i still think a gaurdian system would be best but a job where you have extreme time limits between summons would work too, atleast in terms of limiting the summoner's power.

[Crashpod]

i dont know if theres a summoner class or not but i know for sure that u can summon because i seen screenshots of humes summoning ifrit and stuff so there has to be summoning in the exp. as for dragoon i hope that dragoon is one of the new classes because dragoon was my favorite class

[iga_ghost]

I dont see a summoning job as unbalanced(assuming one comes along). I think they would just be a pet class, they can summon a creature and control it like a beastmaster, theyd rely mostly on their pet for dmg dealing, and it would make sense that most would sub a mage class so they can blast away while the summon does its thing. I guess we will have to see just what this class will do if and when it comes.

[EliteYuna]

I hope they have Shiva as a summon :sweat: shes my all time favourite

[XDeath-BladeX78]

Originally posted by EliteYuna
I hope they have Shiva as a summon :sweat: shes my all time favourite

I think it'll probably be a seperate class, I'm fine either way aslong as Bahamut is in it Though he better not look gay like in FFX:dead: I hope he looks like the FFIX one

[Disturbed]

if summoner is in then it's probably you summon a ...whatever they're gonna be called (for an mp cost) and then they follow you around until time runs out.

the beastmasters 2 hour ability allows them to control the moster longer and make them stronger.

it might work the same for summoner, however it may also allow the summon to use their super duper mega ultra attack, like diamond dust or whatever

[Locke]

I think summoning will be more like a huge damage spell. Meaning the summon is used once then leaves till resummoned. PlLus, it will probably cost a lot of MP.

[Lone Dragon]

I think it'll be a pet class with a few buffing moves and spells.

[IleDeusMorpheus]

Hmm, personally I'd like it to be like in FF5/6/9 ... the whole "use Aeons to block" thing in FFX was just a little to cheap for my tastes ... It really could work either way though.

[falloutboy14]

Well, I don't think it would be possible to use a summon to block. I think that substituting for the party would be out of the question. That means that the summon would have to have the taunt ability, or some variation of it.

If the summon is a two hour refresh for every job, then what stats would it use. The most logical stat would be int. But what would be even more interesting would be if they used all your stats. So when Ifrit attacks, it uses your strength stat, when he casts Fire3 or whatever, he would use your int stat.

If this were the case, then 1, I would guess that you would not be able to act yourself. Otherwise a party of 6 could quickly become a party of 12, and then an alliance could have 36 characters on your team. 2, you would also be too busy unless the summon was not directly controlled.

Now if summoners are a separate job, then first, I would expect that the first summon be given at level 1. I can't imagine trying to level up by soloing with a summoners assumed weak physical abilities, and only a sub-job for magic. You would be useless to a party as well.

A good question that I thought of is if it were a pet-type deal, would the charm stat be used? Along with the system of FF8 where certain summons got along better with certain characters? What would be interesting would be soloing as a summoner/beastmaster.

Or if the int stat were used, then would black mages be the common sub-job? Similiar to the pal/war combo that has become so common.

Something that I don't think anyone has considered yet is summoner as a sub-job. What would the strength of the summon be as a sub-job? Will summons have their own set of weapons, similiar to bards, making the summon weaker when it is not the main job.

This has become far longer than I had anticipated, and a granola bar to anyone that has gone all the way through. I realize that I made more questions then answers, so enjoy.

[Plane of Dreams]

I personally think it could work as a pet class sorta like the mages in everquest, you summon your pet, buff it, kill stuff wait till it dies or a time limit of sorts runs out, then summon a new one, getting stronger ones as you level. But what do I know, it could be anything.

[AlphaBLUE]

this is how i think... well, more what i'd like to see how summons work. this is using the theory that every class will be able to use summons(the Guardian theory).

1.Every Class(job) will have its own unique set of Summons that they can obtain (ie:White mage can get Chocho/Mog, Sylph and Alexander, while a Black mage can get Rahmu, Ifrit, and Shiva, etc)
2.Summons are obtained by quests.
3.The character equips summons at the mog house. only one summon can be equiped at a time.
4.When summoning the caster becomes inoperable and you take the role of the summon. the caster is invinsible to attacks but the summoned monster and caster share a certain ratio of health (ie: if the summon sustains 50% dammage the caster recieves 25% dammage)
5.When in control of the summon, unique special attacks,magic, and skills are at at the summon's disposal.
6. Summons use the casters stats in addition to added bonuses (ie: a strength oriented summon like Ifrit gains a STR or HP boost while a magical summon, like Carbunkle will gain a MND or INT boost.)
7.Summuns can only be used for a set amount of time.
8.As you level up with an equiped summon, it can gain new abilities.
9. If a summon is killed while in use, its reuse time is longer than if it were dismissed.

thats basicly how i hope summons work, it probably won't, but i wouldn't care. if they can surprise me and make an amazingly different summoning system, i'd be even happier.