Quote Originally Posted by Exodus-E View Post
Why else would they:
A) completely eliminate their cast times for summoning them?
B) reduce their recast timers between pets from 10s -> 3s (as of Patch 5.05)?

Also, even if it's a DPS loss, sometimes you will end up in situations where you'll need further "survivability" instead (ie. swapping to Titan-Egi for its Earthen Armor).
It's all about their "situational" roles.


I agree that them still having different Enkindle potencies/effects is a weird oversight/afterthought.

Potency-wise, though:
A) Aerial Blast has 350 potency
B) Inferno has 200 potency + applies a DoT (20 potency for 15s). 200 + 20 x 5 = 300 potency (total).

Combined with their auto-attacks (Wind Blade's 40 vs. Burning Strike's 80), I'd say Ifrit-Egi is still better for single-targets.
As in, not swapping just for their individual Enkindles.
Unfortunately the job is so busy as it is, pet swapping would make it even worse. I've tried to swap garuda and ifrit for enkindle it just felt awful. Now swapping Titan for shield sin't bad if you have a EA1 ready to use.