Quote Originally Posted by Inosaska View Post
Snip.
Ifrit has his uses in that he has a stun (something the casters themselves lack) and party wide defense buff, he also parses ever so slightly more in most fights. And, he has his own DoT!

Contagion is still more useful as far as raw damage output goes to keep the DoTs up during Dreadwyrm trance, but Ifrit's far from useless.

....but, honestly, reworking SMN into a slow steady, burst caster verses the DoT mage with a pet that's an mini version may be better in the long run. Give us puppeteer or beastmaster for those of us who enjoy the current job.