I know our company chocobos can be named (I used them as an example) and that they eventually fight -- although I actually don't like that idea, since I like mounts and minions/pets to be separate -- so what I was talking about WAS like what WoW had with the hunters. WoW gave three pets with the limit that only one could be summoned at a time, SE doesn't have to do the same thing. They could give us more or they can give us only one. Hell, I'll be just fine and dandy with the one. And to address the issues of those classes you listed (Arcanists/Summoners/Scholars) having too much power/companions, they could easily fix the problem by only giving the ability to the classes that don't have those options -- such as Archers, Pugilists, etc. There's a lot of differences between the two games so I hope that with restrictions such as the examples I gave it wouldn't be a copyright issue. I still hope they consider giving permanent, leveling pets.