So you've given SMN a role, but...

[Dyvid]

What specific need do you need to have filled, and why does that ability need to go on a pet?

Single Target pet, AoE pet, timer based dps pet, Buff/debuff pet(Granted this could/should go to SCH). Why make a pet class then completely ignore it in the expansion? If you honestly look at the new Actions for both SMN and SCH not one benefits that aspect of the job.

Necromancer

You can call it whatever you want but to me it's SMN. Furthermore DoTs work well with it. Now I wouldn't be opposed to scaling damage at 50/50 with pet but we need either faster summoning or better pet healing.

[Delily]

Single Target pet, AoE pet, timer based dps pet, Buff/debuff pet(Granted this could/should go to SCH). Why make a pet class then completely ignore it in the expansion? If you honestly look at the new Actions for both SMN and SCH not one benefits that aspect of the job.

The current egis have a single target and an AoE spell, and Garuda has contagion. I'm looking at it from the perspective of "why would someone want a timer based dps pet?" When when they use <x> as opposed to Ifrit or Garuda?

[Dyvid]

The current egis have a single target and an AoE spell, and Garuda has contagion. I'm looking at it from the perspective of "why would someone want a timer based dps pet?" When when they use <x> as opposed to Ifrit or Garuda?

Yea but Garuda vs Ifrit is basically decided by playing style and parsers, not actually usefulness in different aspect of the game. I haven't really looked at parser or anything but it seems like Garuda is back on top simply because of contagion, again...

As for a timed based pet, we have a timer based nuke phase that SE could have easily made into an Egi because that actually makes sense with a pet job. They could have even made so it buffs the current Egi, both damage and appearance to make the community happy.