[Temagori]

I have to say I have just seen my entire view on my 75DRG laid out for all to see in the elaborate words that escaped me when I tried to express them.

I took DRG to 72 and I could not get a party to save my life. I spent countless hours soloing only to have some run of bad luck and die, losing a significant chunk of what I has just earned. Mind you this was after they gimped us DRG from being able to sub SAM and go haywire on things with Penta Thrust, but before any other enhancements. I.e. 2hr=Wyvern (Which btw I agree was overpowering, but fun nonetheless.)

I ended up doing the political route and hit 75 on my WHM before ever seeing 75 on my DRG, the job I love sooo much. I find it sad since pet jobs are grosssly underestimated. I tried on numerous occasions to stress the fact that if I came even close to parsing the same damage, then I was far more valuable then that job as a DD. They refused to take into consideration the actual amount of damage/support these pets can add.

In a parser that was done to prove my point, I did roughly 23% of the melee dmg with my wyvern adding to that 12%. That totals 35% with 1 of the 6 jobs in the pt. Now you tell me that's not a significant contribution to a party.

A good friend of mine's BST pet can dish out some helathy damage and, on occasion, has served as a meat shield while we recovered. You tell me another job that can do that. (Aside from these pet jobs we are discussing lol)

SMN, BST, DRG, and PUP need to be given their proper dues, but the first time we start to get them someone jumps in with the comment : "Well your nothing without your pet"

This is not true. They are a big part, but aside from SMN the other 3 can do decent by themselves until their pet is able to be resummoned. SMN has some of the greatest end game pet contributions. Garuda and Diabolos make Kirin cry lol.

BST is underutilized for it's crowd-control potential and Mob Distraction capabilities. I saw a BST damn near solo Adamantoise. DRG can offer so many things to a party. Back-up healing, extra damage input, and zerg preparation. (Angon).

While I don't know much about PUP I do have a HL friend who is one and at 70 his BLM pet got all the end game BLM spells. That's 5 levels before even a BLM. I can just imagine the potential for that in end game scenarios, but sadly I have never, not even once, see a PUP in sky or sea.

I can't possibly think of anything that hasn't already been said before to rectify this, but something needs to be done. Too many of us that have these jobs have gone above and beyond to prove our worth only to be overlooked from generalities. SE Help~!