Quote Originally Posted by T0rin View Post

They actually suggested on some content that 'Ifrit chasing X around the arena' was a GOOD reason to bring him over Garuda. Guess what, when Ifrit is chasing something around, it isn't dealing damage. Which is what Garuda would be doing.
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.

Quote Originally Posted by T0rin View Post
The general idea that if you have a fight where Ifrit isn't totally owned into the ground, that it is an OK substitute for Garuda simply on the merit of being 'comparable' DPS, is simply bad. If my pet choice makes me lose 5 DPS, while 'comparable', is still losing me 5 DPS. Why would I _ever_ want to do that?
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.