Quote Originally Posted by Ririta View Post
(why the heck is Contagion still tied to Garuda instead of the summoner themselves?)
This right here.
If it wasn't for contagion I would use ifrit (unless there's a bard) more and to be honest, they SHOULD do this if they thinking about adding more pets, because come on really? extending your DoT timer on a DoT job locked to one pet...So they either need to give it to summoner itself or to all Pets.
If they don't, garuda will always be the best pet to use in Raids and EX Primals due to contagion.