It's not just you; in Abyssea pet WS are very underwhelming. On mobs outside of Abyssea they're not too bad, but there's not a lot outside of abyssea you're using BST pets on anyway that's not a trash mob... Maybe the occasional rare NM or something (I know fighting the Fomor NMs in the past is fun!) but for the most part, they're overly underwhelming.