50 lnc as my first 50 and DRG in XI as my first 75 way back in 2003/4
Needless to say DRG is kind of my thing and I do not want a pet.
I understand you guys do and thats fine to have your opinion but the bickering is getting old. The simple fact is many people want to stand on their own two feet and have the Dragonic theme along with jumping to themselves.
I loved my wyvern in XI, I spent time choosing his name, used his abilities to their fullest making 2 drg/mage 4 DD parties multiple times. But having a pet requires balance and survivability issues that XI still could use some work on. The effort it takes vs reward sometimes is piss poor. Especially in high aoe situations where you're suddenly down part of your identity. Could it be introduced balanced and useful? Of course it could, but will it happen? Highly doubtful.
With that said, I merely want to play this class idea that they have crit combos, with a flavor of kain/freya/FFTA with my own character!