Quote Originally Posted by Tex_Mex View Post
If they did do this, then they would likely have to make the SMN pets abilities share cooldowns because switching out for AoE phases could be really powerful (though pretty micro intensive). But ya, the high mana cost is not really that necessary
SMN pets abilities already share cooldown. Example: flame crush and contagion share the same action slot, so if one is on cooldown the other will be as well. The best way to tell which pet ability share the same cooldown is by the recast time.