ok, so I'm confused...

[Atma]

From what I get from reading the threads here...

1) Going SMN/Anything is boring, because you only get carbunkle for 60 levels and are extremely limited...

and

2) Going Anything/SMN is rather pointless, since your summons are half level, and thus aren't as valuable as they should be.

If I'm wrong, please correct me... but what's the point of the summoner if they're basically designed to not be worth playing?

[Kosh]

1) Going SMN/Anything is boring, because you only get carbunkle for 60 levels and are extremely limited...

Unless...
you have a different job altogether when you start out (you couldn't get summoner until a different job is lvl 30 anyway). Than you fight all the summons at lvl 60 (with a group of course) than decide to start summoner as a "second career".

That way you could be a lvl 1 summoner with all of the summons which would be really cool! That's what I'm thinking of doing...

RDM to 65, fight all summons, become SUM/ RDM. Than again, I change my mind about what I want to be every day LOL

[Atma]

I wasn't aware you were allowed to start a second job like that... I thought you just had our main job and then the subjobs.

[Sheila]

You cannot start playing the game as a summoner, anyway. It is an advanced job.

WHM/SMN level 50+ is not pointless if you have summons.

[Kosh]

I wasn't aware you were allowed to start a second job like that... I thought you just had our main job and then the subjobs.

You can become every single job in the game if you want to take the time to do all the quests and level all the jobs up...

But you can only have one main job and one sub job at one time.
You switch jobs at the mog house.