Sum-nom-nom-eners~

[TenraiNagi]

If they use the TP bar then 15 mins may be a bit long, since it shouldn't take too long to regenerate, but I suppose it'd be a bit scary being without your pet for a little while >.>

Could also be drained faster by performing certain abilities? Would their "Special" drain it almost completely? A nice little dilemma about keeping it out longer or performing a strong attack would be nice Kinda allows for a '1-shot' type of method in that having a pet out constantly may not be as powerful as someone who goes straight for 'building the gauge' thing you mentioned, but leaves them without a pet for a little while.

Well the TP bar was supposed to drain by time (not skills used), 1TP/sec would give the pet around 16mins. However, when your TP runs out the pet vanishes and has a CD, and you call another one as soon as your TP regens (in the ARR videos it regens at 100TP/3-5secs?). So you shouldn't be waiting too much to be able to summon your next . But if you decide to use the signature move then this move is the Only one that drains all your TP and makes the pet disappear (same as in FFXII). So signature move = TP fully drained.

Not really sure how this would work. Wouldn't people just stand outside and kill weak mobs over and over again to unlock these other moves?

What I had in mind was what Alaltus said. These attack get unlocked during the fight. I got this from looking at the primal battles themselves, you don't see Ifrit calling hell as soon as we /wave at him ^^. He starts smacking us on the head, then gradually gets more angry the more he's fighting.

I don't really like this =$ Don't see the point in keeping the MP pools seperate if you can just transfer between the two

You have a point. This will make them have humongous MP pools... So NO MORE! xD
Pet's run out of MP? Use ether or elixir on it

So, would you think dismissing the pet earlier would be more beneficial?

Yes! Dismissing the pet without TP running out/ using the signature move will not result with the "exhausted" CD. You'll only have to wait for your TP to fill up again, which is a couple secs.

Oh and RULE #1: You cannot summon pets in cities! xD I'm sure it's going to be like that