Newbie Rant - Summoner Pets

[kyuven]

The summoner from FF is iconically linked to the traditional summons. Especially Ifrit, Shiva, Garuda, Leviathan, Ramuh, and Titan. (we're actually getting Ramuh and Leviathan Egis in 3.0, and there's a story reason for why there's no Shiva Egi yet.)
You're not going to be getting anything that isn't based on them. And the only reason we get the egis instead of mini versions of the primals is because of the need to streamline them. They can't be too big or they start congesting space.
After playing FFXI as a summoner, I actually fully understand this now: The summons in that game are about the size of PC models or a little bigger, and can make seeing things a royal pain. In FFXIV raids, being unable to see things because a massive Ifrit thingy is in the way is detrimental to victory.

Though don't get me wrong, summoning Titan and seeing his big ass rise from the ground in FFXI is pretty awesome. Having his big ass block my view isn't lol.