That is really overdue!

And on the bright side (for everybody else) it would give the option to reduce visual clutter, since carbys are pretty small.

On top of that, the baseline carbuncle right now is just a nuisance that prevents you from using Radiant Aegis half of the time (now that Searing Light was detached from them)... Why not just remove the shield as well and make him just a cosmetic spell that is optional?

I love carbys myself but I hate the fact that the little thing stands there doing absolutely nothing and most of the time turned AWAY from the enemy. To me is either re-introduce even a little bit of action for the carbuncle or just make it an optional cosmetic spell.