The chances of having another Pet class like Smn/Sch might be slime to non.

[Kaurie]

I love Smn and Sch they both are my mains...but it did have a rough time before 3.0.

-Well for starters SMN wasn't even supposed to be in the game until the community got involved. There was only going to be Sch. That's why Smn has a raise.
-At one point Smn was OP, because thunder 1 was CC, so tha had to be removed.
-The devs just allowed us the ability to bane muitlple targets. Before 3.0 it was a max of 3.
- also with 3.0. Ifrit got a major buff before that Garuda egi rule the land (it still kinda does.)

Ifrit was superior a few patches ago, but recent buffs made Garuda end-all-be-all.

I agree there have been changes, but all classes and jobs have had changes.

IMO the current iteration of SMN and SCH are the best iterations of all the jobs. SCH feels like the most complete healer, where AST has been constantly getting adjustments and WHM sort-of feels like it has lost its identity.