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Huh?

Warlocks, Hunters, Mages, Druids all can summon.


What is the difference between Warlocks and a "real summoning" class?

So a Lock summoning demons is like a necromancer?


Few smaller pets?


Please, be more detailed. How are Locks not a summoner class? What exactly beyond "pull a few weaker pets at once" makes a real summoning class?

that is where i got the idea from the necro in gw. but you prove a valid point there would need to be some way for casters to hold them off.

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I'm still wondering how a class that summons Demons is anything like a class that deals with death and the undead (necromancer).

have you ever played eq it is like the necro on there i am talking about a summoner like on daoc or gw

I think that what he means by "summoning class" is one that is completely, 100% focused on summoning spells. This would not be a very good idea, IMO, for there is a possibility that they will create lag (as with the Necromancers in Diablo II who focus on summoning skills), obscure vision (10 pets, all following you around, right behind your character? I even have trouble seeing past my one little owl sometimes), or turn out as a very overpowered class; as was mentioned before, casters can experience great difficulty when dueling a hunter and their pet, their SINGLE pet--try multiplying that by ten, and ANY class would be likely to lose against this one.

But, you may persist in asking, what about a class that can summon creatures one at a time? This would make no sense either--what would be the point of hunters, then? Just a useless archer-hybrid that actually has to TAME pets (GASP!) when this "cool" new summoner can have them at the click of a button. This kind of class strikes me as the lazy version of the hunter who, at a slight travel cost, can have nearly any animal in the game, even some rares and elites.

I think I've made my point.

What the hell? Have you even played WoW? You just said a Hunter is useless without a pet. If that was true, I wonder why people spec Marksmen and Survival? Because the skills make pretty effects?

"Legolas's Aimed Shot hits you for 4,276 damage"

What's the pet?

"Boromir hits you for 78 damage"

Yeah but we get to use our summons in groups and don't have to stand around just healing people. I used to swear up and down the only reason anyone invited me over a Mage though was my Soulstone and Blood Pact.

Surely having little minions running around with you would cause intense lag? Like a mini Ironforge?

Edit: Oops, didn't see Shadowmoonslayer's post.

Edited, Jan 6th 2007 4:46am by Mikaere

Aye, I spent many, many, MANY hours maxing out ALL of my characters to level 99, getting every single materia in the game. Getting everyone's ultima weapon or whatever (it's really been a long time and I can't quite remember), getting the MASTER materia. I basically maxed out everything that I could to prepare myself for the final fight against sephiroth and the guy turned out to be a total whimp.




Like I said, it's been a long time, so I might have my names crossed, but I was able to cast KotR 4 times... I killed sephiroth after the second one I think (again, it's been a long time).

Ruby was a lot easier than Emerald with the right strategy.

....my 72 main healing mithra SMN is currently playing with her tail in my mog house because I abandoned her to play a hunter in WoW. ...I'm enjoying actually doing something active in-game so much that I almost forgot about the notice I received from Final Fantasy Protective Services saying I was wanted by GMs for character neglect.