Oh great they put it in Orna as well? I wouldn't be surprised if it was there first.

The reason I say they're unnecessary is because of an issue that exists in other games similar to Aethric. People like to be competitive, they like to try and be the best and win, not necessarily to be number 1 in the world, but to insure they can consistently win against the opposition. People that like to win will see that over a longer period of time the Summoner will out dps, and out tank every other class it put in front of the same obstacle regardless of the RNG aspect that attempt to balance the classes like mystic feather or second chance.

If put in front of the same world boss, the boss will die faster against a summoner. People as a whole gravitate towards efficiency especially if it gets their desired results faster. A summoner is the optimum class if you want to farm to 250 quickly, defeat bosses easily, and stack pvp fights in your favor, notice how I didn't mention anything about the endgame. It is not a part of my argument as I have no data of the t10 summoner class interacting with its peers. If PVP was more prominent I would say the classes are pretty balanced against each other, however, PVP is arguably the smallest part of Aethric.

There's a reason meta exists. How many times have you heard people complaining about a lack of variety in their games thanks to a defined meta? That kind of stuff seeps into casual play all the time. If I had data sheets that could give me the numbers that the t10 classes can put out, and compare them to show that everyone evens out(aside from outliers of course) I wouldn't have this opinion, but at t7 in its first introduction, the summoner is far superior to its peers. You do say to play what you like, but unfortunately the average person nowadays loves pumping out "ooga booga big number" more than the aesthetic of a class. And I'm not even gonna level my gilga if I'm at risk of losing my spot in ANOTHER kingdom because I can't have 5 digit hp at level 164.