Summoner questions!

[T0rin]

Garuda would also be sitting in a vortex losing HP and forcing you waste time and MP to cast Sustain. Of course you could manually reposition her but it's just one more thing to keep track of and having your pet die is far worse than losing minimal DPS.

I forgot, it is 'hard' to hit Heel once.

We're playing a game where the damage we do is based off of math calculations but we're not actually playing a math problem. I'm here to have fun, not nitpick every single detail until I play like a computer. If you want to tunnel vision yourself into ERMMAGAAAD THE HIGHEST DPS EVARRRRR, feel free. But some people have no problem losing 100% damage efficiency for some convenience in management.

And playing with Ifrit is somehow more fun? You know what is fun? Doing craptons of DPS. Ifrit is a drag, he pulls you down. Why would you ever want to do worse damage, simply for having something a little different to look at? What really are you after here, with wanting to use Ifrit? There is no convenience in managing Ifrit vs Garuda. There is nothing to nitpick. Use Garuda all the time. End of story.