Quote Originally Posted by Neela View Post
the problem is the cls' aren't based SMN in the FF universe were never meant to be pet-cls at all...
Definitely agree with this for the single-player games, but the other MMO with FF's name on it indeed does have the class as a pet-class (when it isn't being abused as a poor man's healer). Without a VERY substantial re-design, we won't see upkeep costs and the other assorted details that comes with that gameplay, but quite frankly, SMN in FFXIV needs a full re-design either way you look at it.
SE either fixes the pets, or gets rid of them. Neither one will be an easy fix that is likely to be implemented in any normal patch.