This is what i was trying to say a few pages back. I am going to x fingers for chupon. He is wind based (or was in ff vi). So the summoner will somehow transmute the essence of garuda into him? Just a thought

Seems to me like we will get lesser spirits instead of the primals. This would still allow for the whole primal story and not cheapen them (which to me makes sense from an immersion standpoint). But at the same time we could still have these lesser spirits.

Alot can be said forboth sides of this debate. Pet class won the player's poll, and yoshi has never made it a secret he was a smn in ffxi. However he did say he didnt want people walking around with primals. Im hoping for a true pet class, as ive been hoarding gear and materia for it since they revealed it.