Originally Posted by
Alhanelem
I highly endorse the meaning behind this thread, but as a matter of record, the pet jobs have improved greatly in the last several patches, especially PUP, and are not THAT far behind anymore. But even saying that, the restrictions placed on pet jobs are archaic and no other MMO puts such heavy, arbitrary restrictions on pets. In both WoW and FFXIV they are treated (almost) like just another party member in terms of how you can interact with them (in XIV there are a few effects that don't impact pets (specifically Protect, probably because they have massive AoE damage reductions already) and a few effects that specifically impact them, but all heals and most buffs affect them the same as any player)