Quote Originally Posted by Lambdafish View Post
because people want it to feel like a SMN and be pet focused, and that is not feasible (no matter what FFXI has people believe).
People don't have a consensus on this topic. Each person wants it to be a thing. The only thing you'll see me complaining about is the lack of new egis and spells to buff such egis - as in, what they set out to do in 2.0 and what made me like the job in the first place.

I don't appreciate the 180º that they did in Heavensward. I imagine that bards had a similar disappointment.