So you named 6 titles out of, how many ff titles are their again? That is not at all representative of the franchise and as you said this, non persistent pet, is supposedly not accurate to the franchise. So what you said was still not true and just because you feel its a better system, doesn't mean it is. It can be, I loved ffxi smn, but don't go throwing around statements about facts when it takes a simple search to find out otherwise, esp when you are in a forum with likely hundreds of not thousands of fans of the franchise who could easily tell you otherwise because they have played all if not most of the titles in the franchise. When you open your post with a statement that is clearly and easily found to be untrue, you lose all credibility for anything else you said.

You want it that way because you like it better, not because of traditions in the franchise. At least be up front and say that or just get your facts straight.

Oh and btw the pets in games like the 7 remake and 10 do not have persistent pets. They still only show up for a quick visit, do what they need to do and leave. (kinda like bahamut and pheonix) 30 seconds does not equal persistence in the way you mean here. FFXI had truly persistent pets but X did not.

Imagine if Yuna or cloud could have just run around with shiva out the entire game lol