OK so hear me out: Carbuncle. Fashion accessories.

The poor thing is almost useless now that it doesn't cast searing light any more. Take away radiant aegis and it will serve literally no purpose besides staring at you and unlocking the ability to summon primals.

I have included a helpful diagram to show how they could be better utilized. Bards get performance, so why can't we have this? You might be a benchwarmer idling in town while the red and black mages raid, but you can at least look cute while doing so.



The orthogonal utility space of carbuncles is barely being explored right now. Another use case comes to mind. If they were persistent entities instead of constantly despawning when you summon a primal. You'd be able to put a raid marker on their head and use them as a mobile waymark.

Now that waymarks cannot be edited in combat, the waymark economy is real. Having access to an extra, movable one via summoner pets would be powerful utility that would help them better compete with the other casters. It even ties into their arcanist roots by expressing their flair as battlefield tacticians.

Just imagine the possibilities, I hope you give my suggestion some consideration.