Just like to start of saying Summoner has always been my favorite job in the FF franchise since FF10, With Yuna who is my most favorite FF character of all time. I noticed after unlocking Summoner in FFXI and playing the class, I wish it could be more than it currently is in FFXIV, First thing i noticed in FFXI is there is a connection between you and your Carbuncle pet which is absent in FFXIV, Carbuncle in FFXI speaks to the player through the Summoner quest lines and even promises to help and watch over the player when you first meet, It feels like a bond between you and your pet. I also love how in FFXI having Carbuncle is more similar to owning a Pokemon which is what I want more in a Pet Class like Summoner. In FFXI Carbuncle has its own special abilities with Bloodpact Rage and Bloodpact Ward, Bloodpact Rage being where it can use its own special attacks on enemies (Poison Nails, Meteor , Searing Light , Holy Mist) and Bloodpact Ward having Healing capabilities Healing Ruby which restores a single targets HP, Shining Ruby granting effect of Shell and Protect to the party members, Healing Ruby II which does healing to the whole party. Also worth noting to Carbuncle also has its own auto attack move in FFXI as well to enemies which i heard used to be in FFXIV with a "Sic" Command which was removed. Another thing to note as well is in FFXI Carbuncle has a HP bar which you have to look out for, just like with Pokemon, Usually Healing Ruby II would heal its HP when it got low i noticed and its another thing i like about the class in FFXI. One last thing before i end this post of, I wish FFXIV had more summons like in FFXI as well, FFXI has a lot more summons you can do, and I also wish they could add more Summons to FFXIV as well especially Ramuh, Shiva and Leviathan. To summarize in general I wish in FFXIV they could make it a lot more of a pet class as it is in FFXI, I wish they could rework the whole class and make it something special, Like how its really special to me in FFXI.
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