FFXI Summoner also looked like the most boring class ever.

I went and watched some videos on youtube. The player just sits in a corner/runs away as the pet does EVERYTHING. There are literally 20 second intervals of the player pressing no buttons, and is still winning. Why do people want this back? So you can summon a pet and then go make a sandwich as the game plays itself?

That being said, the designs of the current egis are not the greatest. However, the Ramuh egi does look closer to what the OP wants, just a human sized version of the full primal. (Assuming they use the models from The Striking Tree fight.)