Quote Originally Posted by OpticNerve View Post
It's, like, I get how cool the concept of them being independent entities is, but a little flair and an objectively minor mechanic that nobody notices nor appreciates is far from worth the drawbacks that come with it
Plus history has shown that one way or another, MMORPGs will steadily neuter and/or remove their pet jobs as they age. I don't know exactly why (since it should not be the same for different MMOs), but it happens, so it seems to be some universal constant of MMORPG-design.

Which is why visually giving us those huge FF-style summons but mechanically making us do a lot of things and just showing the summon doing it ("us giving commands" kinda) would work so well.