I dont think giving the Egis totem like skills would ever be a good idea. Seeing as they have dynamic damage values between pets and varying purposes it would be rediculous to balance on top of how hard it is to balance a DoT class.
Ifrit with a 5% melee passive at current gear would be a 100 Party dps increase.
Garuda with 5% magic passive would be awesome for AOE situations. But....who cares cause aint noone gonna bring a BLM anymore.