what if.....

[Kirinichibon]

Replace tri-disaster with contagion. Do some stuff to balance new egi skills as promised for the next patch (maybe give tri-disaster to garuda-egi). SMN doesn't need to be more powerful, it just needs less useless skills.

[Zamii]

Replace tri-disaster with contagion. Do some stuff to balance new egi skills as promised for the next patch (maybe give tri-disaster to garuda-egi). SMN doesn't need to be more powerful, it just needs less useless skills.

possibly the best suggestion i've heard ever, would make garuda more of an aoe/utility pet and ifrit a single target dpser, asuming of course its safe to have a melle pet for the fight.

[xxalucard]

Replace tri-disaster with contagion. .

Most likely this will happen, since Tri-disaster is completely useless outside of speed runs (where you don't have a BLM to sleep) and occasional mechanics. I wouldn't mind if they just deleted Tri-disaster altogether.

I can't see another way they can balance the pets if they leave Garuda as the only one with contagion. Perhaps they could give Ramuh and Leviathan something stronger, but then it would be the same situation with having one superior pet that everyone uses (and no thought process involved in choosing it).

They also need to adjust the useless utility pets have into something helpful in end-game content. For example:

- Garuda's shockwave is pointless because it's low damage and requires the pet to get in close range to use it (both factors are a dps loss)...and even then, someone else should be interrupting whatever you're using Garuda to interrupt.

- Ifrit's radiant shield that reflects damage is a complete and utter waste, because he is never tanking.

- Titan itself, in the end-game, as a tanking utility, is a useless summon-- you may as well have a member of the party tanking instead.

[Kirinichibon]

Shockwave is great as a stun alternative. Very useful on leviathan. A silence might be better, though.

Radiant shield is dumb. A 'Raging Strikes' pet self buff would be preferred.

Titan's could simply use a taunt. Give it a long cooldown (90-180s) so main tanks aren't offended.