thats a funny part... why ... WHY are you saying this? (the underlined) i DONT get it at all sorry. lol. Maybe thats american logic ( LOL).what are you thinking a petclass is for? for caring about a pet like a tamagotchi or pokemon or what are you thinking?
a petclass in many cases isnt there to support someone nor he is there to tank or whatever... so its reason to be in the game IS dealing damage... more than just a single character.
AND THIS is only about balancing. why do you think FF14 is the only game it doesnt work but in other games it does?
a char that does damage + a pet that does damage = high damage output (all in ALL)
I gave you examples before what could be the advantages.. maybe you havent played a lot peclasses before.I've voiced my opinions the best I could. That is all I have to say folks.
i mean for example skills like "Transfer pain" which my summoner had in Lineage II or AION.. transfered a huge amount of damage (or all) to the pet itself, causes me to absorb a huge amount of damage. i killed 3 players at a time sometimes with that.. players without pets.
sacrificing the pet to receive instant healing and LP buff.
performing skillcombos on your own (FFXI)
in PVP: sending the pet to the healer to interrupt and damaging hin while you can attack an other character..
these are some of the advantages being a pet class...you have to know HOW to use those advantages directly.. and of course doing high damage because you have 2 characters to play.
i dont think that the drg in FF14 without wyvern for example will receive the possibility to heal himself (healing breath) nor can he perform skill combos on his own.. nor can he attack two players at a time
sure he will a damage dealer.. but not more. just in a different way. if you want it that way its really ok and your matter of taste.
but dont say a petclass isnt a damage dealing class, thats wrong^ thats very over-simplified
Ahh k well comparing the damage output of both in the chat log (and looking at the HP bar) i cant see that SAM does more damage than the drg does (the ff11 comm ever was a bit kind of strange when it comes to that)... im not interested in "theoretical" things on the paper... if the drg has 10 accuracy points less than the samurai... and no one ever knows how much percantage that is. what about being one point just about 0,15%?
thats stupidy i think. well in that point its a pitty that FF11 hadnt a damage-o-meter. then we have seen who does REALLY more damage.