Being a summoner

[Kalel]

Summoner can sometimes take place of whm in experiencing parties. But in very dangerous areas of lvling they can only be efficient back up healers especially low lvls. Because they dont have raise before lvl 50 with whm subbed. And they dont have the big cures spells or benediction.

Summoners in NM, HNM or any big lvl battles will never work as main healer only buffer. Other than that they can be decent healers at times.

[Kegsay]

i dunno how or why you would even waste MP on Banish outside of solo or Magic Bursts.

Have you levelled SMN after patch? I don't know about you, but Banish does a fair bit of damage, I recall seeing quite a bit of the monsters HP go down thanks to Banish... Amounts.... ask later.

[Garland]

Your banish is improved? Lucky you. Mine stinks as much as ever. At the very least, Banish doesn't do more damage than the two melee attacks I can get off in the time it takes to cast it. Figure in the odds of being interrupted, and you have one very worthless use of 15 or 18 mp. As a summoner, I could deal more damage overall, by saving that mp, and letting my avatar melee longer. As a general rule, I never cast offensive magic alongside my avatar when soloing (and soloing is all I'll do untill I reach the level when parties want my support bloodpacts, and not just my cures/mp). If I cast any spells alongside my meleeing avatar, it's support spells like Dia and Paralyze, which allow my avatar and myself to melee the mob faster.

[Lionx]

Your SMN is lvl 13 right? At that lvl its not noticable, it will get crappier later...=/

[Kegsay]

Nooo you'll jinx it! Take it back take it back!

[Lionx]

MUHAHAHAHAA!!!!! *jinxes everyone's sub*

OMG MY BARD SUB WITH BALLAD SUBTRACTS MP!? WHY!?!?!?!