Summoner has some real problems

[Kaozurei]

I don't really understand how any of the things OP mentioned are actual problems for Summoner right now... Physick has always been useless, it may as well not exist and SMN never needed a tank pet to begin with. I mean, none of the other DPS jobs have a tank pet of their own and they do just fine, even BLM whose defenses are the same as SMN's (save for Manaward but it's not like that can be spammed).

As for pets pulling things, Emerald Carbuncle is the AoE pet so of course it'll do AoE damage, though I've never had an instance when one of my pets has pulled multiple things that I didn't intend on pulling in the first place. There's no need to level a tank just to do solo content, all it takes it knowing how to play Summoner and getting decent gear. I've yet to meet anyone who was unable to clear a solo duty or an MSQ field ambush (purple circles) as a SMN, not even people who started playing the game when Early Access began.