Quote Originally Posted by Teuciont View Post
My point is that this is a feature that absolutely does not belong in this game.
Fair enough. You don't feel it is a feature that belongs in the game. I'll disagree. I don't think it takes away from the setting, and in part gives players who want to partake in it something to do. In a way that doesn't affect player performance.

I have played WoW and I don't mind pets in WoW because no one takes the setting seriously, not even the devs.
You're actually attempting to back your stance with "I can't take the game seriously if there's vanity pets"? Because the pets' presence will undo the end of the world, the horrors of the Garlean Empire, the hardships of Ala Migho, and will turn the underbelly of Uldah and Limsa Lominsa into the teddy bears on a picnic, amirite?

Think of it less in tandem with the grim events in Eorzea and more as a reprieve from the hardships of the world (the way some look at pets in real life) or a contributor to overall character, specially if you're RPing. LolRP aside, of course.