Think you are under estimating BST in terms of being able to tank. Just the situation has to be setup for them. They can easily tank in pet only situations. Not to mention, if we just went master to master in terms of raw DPS it isn't even close. BST destroys PUP.

I do agree that PUP can be customized through attachments. However, it is mostly designed for the 75 era. There is no way a PUP can main heal on anything end game without a lot of support or there being basically only one person taking damage. The cool down on spells, plus the lack of curaga destroys that idea. With everything from SoA on being littered with multiple status effect TP moves.

SMN's support ability is far greater through avatar favor, and aoe buffs. We're talking aoe haste IIs, 25% double attack for the party, and over 20% critical hit rate. PUP does none of this, pup generally just services the master due to the cool down in abilities and spells.


As someone that has done pretty much every end game thing available, when you look at the difference in the damage between our job and the other pet jobs it isn't even close. Summoners out damage extremely well geared melee, and BSTs can keep up or at least hold their own. Bringing my PUP to said situations as a DD Automaton with the best pet gear. My damage is between .5 and 2% of the damage.

As it stands right now, PUP's niche is really only as a tank. That's all.