A Point to Minions

[MurakumoMillennium]

I disagree.

Ifrit Ex! Experienced only! Bring your Bomb Minion! No minion = kick.

That would be cool if you could use them in any kind of instance, but since you can't.... why do you think people will suddenly require it?

And even if they did and things actually worked that way, if you get excluded from an endgame event because you don't wanna spend 2k it's your own fault.

[WellFooled]

I get that Minions are basically used as a, "Oh my, this is cute, haha great!" type of thing, but I wish there was more of a point.

You summed up the point of them already :P They're vanity items and so their purpose is vanity. The only way your plan could work is if the effects were so minor as to be worth almost nothing, because anything even slightly substantial would destroy their purpose of vanity items (and like other said, would take away our choice. We'd be forced to have a pet out and a certain one at that if we wanted to optimize our stats).

But if they gave only miniscule stat boosts what would be the point? Might as well keep things as it is, because there would be no practical effect to the change.

[PArcher]

I would LOVE if we could have Minion fights...my Pudgy Puk will rule the arenas!

But I'll settle with more Minion interactions, both Minion-Minion and Player-Minion.

[Soulscare]

Ifrit Ex! Experienced only! Bring your Bomb Minion! No minion = kick.

I agree with the OP, but imo to avoid this, minions shouldn't be allowed in instances.

[Welsper59]

Not everything needs to have a purpose besides "neat!". Things don't always have to be anything more than simple. When you start to add things, they become a "necessity", no matter how small of a bonus it is. If any benefit is to be had, they become necessary to the common player. Now mix in the potential rarity, cost, and design/look of said minion. The fact that it'll be seen as necessary is already a major headache to devs, far more than to the player. Let's also mix in the complaints that people wouldn't be able to bring their minions into instances and whatnot. "Why did they even bother!?1/"

Mind you, I totally agree that it would add some flavor, it's just that I don't trust my/your peers in handling themselves with such things properly. This is why we can't have nice things (as cliche as that is to say).

[Zantetsuken]

small minion bonuses would be nice for crafting, gathering, and open world content (FATEs etc). Maybe make some of them hidden so players can try to discover them on their own. ie. Cactuar cutting grants +1 perception, Kid Mandragora gives +1 resist to sleep.

You can't bring minions into dungeons anyways, so slight bonuses wouldn't lead to any real gameplay problems.

[Bluebun]

We should be able to have pokemon battles with them.

[ErikMynhier]

The only, and I mean only thing I would add to minions, is the ability to name them ala Chocobos.

[Nikita]

I want to summon a minion because it looks cool not because it has a certain buff.

[Ecks007]

Minions are there simply to be displayed and collected. Personally, I am fine with that. I actually enjoy collecting them and there's still quite a few I've yet to obtain. I've gotten 37, Gotta Catch 'em All!