Quote Originally Posted by Naraku_Diabolos View Post
Well, I'm wondering if having a summon out will drain your MP like it did in FFXI. Unless as an Arcanist, you have an invisible set of Carbuncle Mitts so you can keep Carbuncle out. I'm thinking it's going to be like that as the summons come out of the grimoire and not the energy that you have inside of you. I could be wrong, though.
Considering BLM have a lot of MP, I have no doubt SMN will have more than BLM. Perpetuation cost might be meaningless if the cost is not high enough to match their large mp pool.

If the dev team does end up making it like FFXII, I hope they make a compatibility system similar like GF in FFVIII which allow faster casting, boost your stats, and should allow the pet to stay outside longer the more you fight with it.

just speculating of course.