The one thing that always worries me with pet classes in game is this: Are they going to be strong enough to do boss fights?
As an example, in the current version, would a SMN's pet be able to DPS Ifrit with the same effectiveness as a monk?
And by that, I dont mean actual attack power, but staying alive long enough to do it, while being up close.
If a summon has about 1000 health, and you cant control it as fine as your character (run out of cracks), chances are the summon will die in 1-2 hits from the boss (or will eat one AoE and die).
Anyone have any thoughts on this? How did it work out for SMN in FF11 with big bosses?