Quote Originally Posted by Miiu View Post
@Duelle
Sorry I understood your text as such. Didn't want to put words in your mouth.

@Carbuncle
It might be because carbuncle helps you voluntarily. At least thats why I remember from the FFXI summoner storyline. If I'm wrong please say so. It has been way too long since I did the quest.

The chococomparision is a good example of how screwed up the whole summoner class is (not saying I'm for talent trees (dunno maybe I am)). A companion that everyone can get has more attention to playstyle than the one "Pet class" we have.
One thing that personally bugs me is how stupid pets are. For example, I've seen fairies MPK groups because they automatically toss a heal once a pull is made or hate reset happens. You'll see Garuda run off like a mad-woman if you don't put her on Steady in AK and a Succubus manages to hit her.

But the most annoying thing to me is when you fight Hydra... Egis can be targeted by the ground AoEs. By the time you see the red circle is on Garuda and instruct her to move out (or just tell her to 'follow' you), it is too late... the Egi will be hit, get the DoT, and die... every time. There is a delay on what you tell your pet to do... Oh, and you need to wait for the animation to 'finish' before you use Enkindle. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty all the 2hour (5 min) abilities work this way... It's very annoying as a healer with Benediction. I have to wait until my little twirl goes off. lol