Talk:Summoner Avatar/@comment-5475313-20170101095951

I have SUCH a Love/Hate relationship with the way the Summoner Arc plays. I find it fun that the whole system is revolved around the idea of you as the player getting into the action (though my headcanon always had me participating in the battles anyway) combined with a progression system that improves your avatar over time to get stronger to make it feel more like a JRPG.

But the process is SOOO GRINDY!!!! Being unprepared punishes the player immensely, and the innate plugs on power that the arc puts on the player can be brutal. I'm mostly complaining about the fact that if you need a certain element subunit in your party, not having a high enough level in that particular element in summoning arts makes it just THAT much harder. Sure we have the summoning lab, but grinding the ST points except whenever it's +80 points from friends is also a bit of a pain.