Why are bst pets getting shafted?

[Louispv]

What. The. Fuck?!

Just tried out 2 Sharpwit Hermes. (which ran me 100,000 gil by the way) His normal swings do 50 and his critical hits do 80, and that's against beasts, which he's ostensibly receiving a damage bonus against. What the fuck SE?! Using a pet capped down the 90's gives out better damage. And for this you required a god damn endgame drop? This isn't the level 20 synth joke frog pet SE!

This is some sort of mistake, one would hope, or I'm just not fucking playing BST anymore.

EDIT: Out of curiosity, I pulled out a Flowerpot Merle. She does exactly the same damage and caps in the 90's somewhere.