your opinion is fine, since its yours

however, in Endwalker, SE is clearly not making a "pet class" as you would consider it.

while smn in FFxiv has "pets" I dont see them ever making it an actual pet class. also, while persistent pets may seem awesome, the larger they are, the more potential to block others view of a fight, which lessens their enjoyment of said content, which presents another issue for persistent, especially of big flappy ones.