I think in order to make a better pet job, there would need to be a major advancement in the pet control system, preferably a command system that can override a pet's auto-attack skill (which it currently doesn't).

Honestly, I want a puppetmaster on steroids. Less XI puppetmaster and more Hugh Jackman in Real Steel, where the character would do the motion while the puppet does the actual attacks....oh, and the puppet might possibly look something like Tokunaga in Tales of the Abyss....oh, and the attacks just look comically powerful, with dirt and rocks flying everywhere whenever it hits the ground....seriously, why can't this be a thing....