Friend send me some text, saying SE wanted feedback on how we'd prefer pet classes.
He couldn't say where it came from, or if it was true buuut gonna give my feedback anyway >_>

The only thing I can really say about pet classes is, please oh please don't do it like FFXI. I really disliked the fact that you could not have a pet for long.

As an summoner, I never felt like I was summoning monsters to fight for me, more like a mage with extra flashy spells, since it was almost never mp effective to keep the monster out. Just summon, fire of special, and banish again. >_>

As for beast master, I really enjoyed the way SWG did it, you had to go out and find a nest with monsters, then tame a baby, which would then grow up over time. It was a special like personal quest to go out and find the nest, with exactly the pet type you wanted ^_^

I have always disliked Beastmaster type classes that worked, as they do in a lot of mmo's. Where you tame a beast, that then falls madly in love with you, doing anything you say for x minutes. Before suddenly remembering it hates you and wants to bite your face off.

I Personally want pet classes to be pet classes, where your pet is the main force in case of a summoner type class, and something like 50/50 incase of a beastmaster type class.
I want pets to be pets. Not just something you have for a short time, till you zone or a timer runs out. And summoner to use there pets for combat, not just a flashy spell effect because it drains too much mp to keep it out >_>

well that's it then, hope no one flames too hard. See you in Eorzea