Quote Originally Posted by DoctorPepper View Post
I think currently the reason people don't want smn is because they are considered one of the lowest dps. Also, there are a lot of bad smns out there who let their pets die mid-fight which also reduces their dps significantly on a parse. At the end of the day elitests want the highest dps classes which are currently bard and black mage with lancer trailing slightly behind. From my experience, monk seems to get the same treatment as smn does in a lot of cases.

That's complete utter crap. Not only have I outtanked people on my SMN (Granted I'm only 31 so far on the job) but my DPS has been pretty stellar using Ifrit Egi so far. What the problem might be, is that some SMN might not realize that their Pet's performance is tied to their own gear/stats.