Why is Summoning as Standard action so good?
1. You can also move: In a big group, as a dedicated caster, ok, in a small group, great!
2. Cast quickened spells, nice!
Any other reasons it is good?
Thanks!
4. You get the monster and its actions this round rather than next.
since it's a 1 round cast if you get attacked before your next turn you'd need to make a concentration check to avoid losing the spell.
Also for the delay. It's basically causing you to skip your turn to cast 2 spells next turn meaning that enemies can do anything that they want for a round. Doing it as a standard means they come same round and can get in peoples way and attack and affect the enemy immediately.
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4. You get the monster and its actions this round rather than next.
As a sort of 4.5, having monsters on demand means you can respond with tactics as needed per situation. As a prime example, my Summoner was able to call up Bralazi Azatas to heal up party members while they were being torn to shreds by a black dragon. Without them, it might have dropped one party member per round.
Hell, the Cavalier almost died just from its opening breath attack.
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Intelligent enemies will concentrate their attacks on someone casting a lengthy spell, to disrupt it.
And they don't really need to roll any spellcraft checks to do so- it doesn't matter WHAT they are doing, when someone in the back is glowing, chanting, and wiggling their fingers for a long time, it is never a good sign. It is best to put a stop to that.
This is a lesser concern, but my understanding is that you also can't cast immediate action spells while concentrating for the one-round spell.