Yea lol I'm glad to see there are others out there feelin the "Love" for their NPC as I do hehe. I mean back in the day, depending on your NPC set up, that was the one thing that made you go from the impossibility of 'soloing' something to being able to completely tear something up without the need for another 'playable' character in the game. I still find my NPC very useful in so many cases. The pure fact that if you /RDM or Main RDM you can give your Soothing Healer or your Stalwart Shield class refresh is just amazing. Nothing beats subbing something like Dancer, Warrior or Paladin or even Scholar (as Main RDM) converting and getting a Cure V from your NPC 2x in a row to fully top your HP off without expending any MP at all so long as you keep him/her Refreshed. I personally would like to see them throw in some more abilities for the NPC as well whether that comes from added Job Classes or whatever. Toss a NINJA job class in there for all I care. I mean...when I went and fought my NPC, the crazy woman RDM 2hr'd and began casting Utsusemi: Ni for goodness sake! lol...So SE can't tell me it's not feasible!