Why do people keep advocating for a Wyvern, when they have not really offered a concrete solution to the balancing for the player and the pet? No matter what happens, when you have a pet, your player-character's stats ARE going to get nerfed. We've seen what a nightmare that's become for the DRG in XI - constant retweaking of the stats to try to find the sweet spot, and yet it was never found.

Nobody. Wants. That.

If Dragoon is going to get a pet, it should be only usable as a mount. Period.

For now, I am comfortable with the fact that the pet system will never be implemented before 2.0, and this should give everyone an opportunity to get accustomed to a wyvern-less DRG.