Wow the entitlement is real here.

My question to you people is to define "pet class" using standardized laws that say "all jobs that use pets have to perform a specific way in every MMO, and no company is allowed to re-write their design to better suit the image of said job in their head."

FFXIV summoner was designed how SE wanted it to be designed. Don't like it? Simply don't play it. You are not some appointed authority on class design who can go around saying "you did it wrong SE." There is NO right and wrong, there is just choice.

That doesn't mean you have to happy over the design. Fine, you are unhappy. But don't ask for them to change it for players who actually prefer this job. If you want an FFXI summoner, go play FFXI. I play FFXIV for the FFXIV summoner.