I've played a primal sorcerer up through level 11. I feel nothing like a "buff bot". I feel I have a fairly good selection of both damage (waterball, hydraulic torrent, cone of cold, chain lightning), debuffs (fear at levels 1 and 3, faerie fire, earthbind, slow at levels 3 and 6, just got synesthesia via feat shenanigans but haven't had the chance to use it yet), utility (heal, dispel magic, speak with animals, endure elements, wall of stone, repulsion), self-buffs (longstrider, elemental form, dragon form), and buffs for others (fly, freedom of movement).there's a huge difference between wanting to do your own thing and being told to be a buff bot.. Next time try replying to what was said.
No, my single-target damage is not as good as a giant-totem barbarian or a two-handed fighter would deal (though we don't have one of those in our group – we have a champion who's amazing at defense, a bomber alchemist who deals respectable damage once they get some persistent damage effects going, and a cleric who is frickin' amazing at healing and can do the occasional blasting too), but my AOE is fantastic.