Summoner Thoughts

BLM:57 WHM:54 Summoner: 29 WAR:56 THF:68

Well it's been a long time since I was a level 1 SMN. This is me trying out my Ice Spirit for the first time. I am surprised how easy being a SMN is but it is also very involved as well. You have the ability to deal a lot of damage through Blood Pacts and through regular fighting with your avatar, but it's also very easy to use up almost ALL of your MP in one battle.

I think people wonder sometimes why I am just sitting there even though they continue to fight. For one, noone asked ME if it was ok to pull. Second, if I am out of MP that's all I can do is rest up until I have MP again. If I see the fight is going well without me, or that the mob is VT or something I will just skip the battle altogether. This way I have full or close to full MP for the next one.

I wish I would have gotten my Garuda Dagger though. I don't even feel like playing THF anymore till I get it. Besides, being SMN has been a lot of fun. I almost have enough Conquest Points to get my Presidential Hairpin. It allows "Regen" in areas outside of Bastokian control and has more DEF(@18) than my Empress Hairpin which has 0. The best part is that the switch in equipment will come as I switch from my Empress Hairpin to that during the pull. I will lose +10 Evasion though during the pull but since we are always fighting ITs and they always hit me anyways, I probably won't miss it.

I have been thinking a lot about the SMN job as a sub and for WHM I think it works out great. I use ZERO nuke spells as WHM and usually just stick to my variety of Regen, Haste, and Cure spells. At level 50 the WHM/SMN gets Auto-Refresh as an ability, so that's another reason to sub SMN. For BLM though it's not so useful. I often find myself backing up the WHM with Regen or a couple of cures and I think it is the BLMs duty to watch out for the WHM if his MP gets too low.

I have enough Beastman's Seals to do another "A Worm's Turn" BCNM. Hmmm, I wonder if I should sub SMN as a BLM? :D