The only downside is that the NQ ilvl rabbit jug caps out at 118... So, you kinda have to use the HQ.

This is actually a problem with other jugs as well, like Patrick. It is rather irritating that I feel hard-locked into my merit "choices" due to the silly way that jug pet levels work. Can we at least get an adjustment so that all the jugs on Theraisie are simply always 119? Extending that to all lv99 jugs would be best since there are no indicators on the jug items about pet level range, but that would be a good start. It's absurd that we are forced into 5/5 Beast Affinity AND reforged relic hands in order to have pets that match our level. None of the other pet jobs have to jump thru all of the hoops that BST does simply to reach their baseline effectiveness.