I am quite happy with my summoner, but am not utilizing my character to his maximum capacity. As of now my eidolon and summon monster II absolutely dominate the battlefield, but I find my character just hanging out in the back. I originally wanted to do some back to back fighting with my eidolon,(after I buff of course) but this will not be happening. I have a few ideas of how I could utilize him, but am also open to ideas.PS. my ediolon specializes in tripping with AOO's so attacking prones with ranged weapon will have a -4 if I was to use a x-bow. Here are some of my ideas....
1)Carry manacles (500 gp) and cuff people that my Summon Monster II's grapples and pins, this completely removes them from the fight (gets expensive though)
2)Just hang out and strike cool poses as the fight progresses.
3)In some way assist after the tripping??
4)Eventually at 10th level get evolution points to add legs to myself and have a biped eidolon (with a hat of disguise to make him look like me of course) mount me and ride around the battle field, just as the experience, not creating a strong character in any practical way.... Unless I can have pounce for my eidolon and full attack after a mounted charge.
Any more ideas????