To be honest in a Final Fantasy game the only companions that make sense are:

Chocobos
Moogles

Quote Originally Posted by Reika View Post
I would much rather have the option of having my path companion out there with fighting with me, or having my chocobo out there fighting with me. I've been wanting to fight along side my path companion outside of main story quests for a long while now, and now they just decide to scrap them... so weak.
They did if you were certain classes, otherwise they served no purpose.