Quote Originally Posted by strangebloke View Post
So this would mean that in 3.5, where bounded accuracy wasn't in play, summoning was super weak, right?
It was. Casting summon monster as a combat tool was a waste of your time. Getting a Vrock or Greater Elemental on a 15th level battlefield was not something anyone particularly cared about. planar binding was broken, but that's because it let you summon things that were individually stronger than your entire party. Once again, you don't seem to have any real understanding of how 3e worked in practice or what the dynamics of play actually were.