A summoners return.

[Romsca]

that's fair Aiiro. What I was conveying was that, (and we actually only have two types, dps/tank with heals being on sch) let's be a bit more creative with future pets. There is nothing wrong with having a support pet. The KEY point is that whatever a new pet brings to the table, it matches the dps and utility we lose by not using Ifrit/Garuda. Summoner has two methods of summoning now in FF14, Trancing and Egi's. We currently have two dps pets and a tanker. Going forward, SE can give us more dps though Trancing while opening up Egi's to more support roles

1. Garuda extends duration of dots, how about a pet that increases their potency to match the dps we would get from 5 more ticks of damage.
2. How about a pet that boosts group dps or skill/spell speed?
3. A pet that has unique utility like: examples taken from FF6.
Cait Sith, it caused confusion, in FF14 that could translate to an attack dealing a potion of the damage back to the attacks owner, or increase miss chance, several ways it could be worked.
Kirin, casts regen on party, maybe not hp regen but how about mp/tp, and small value so not to push out bards, and with short range.
Phantom, casts invisible or maybe change to screen, grants increased chance to dodging an attack.

There are many options for us. I do not want to be locked into what we have and use a glamour for vanity sake.