my advice is go with master summoner.i found it fun to play you get more summon monster ability uses per day you can have as many summon moster abilitys active at once and augment summoning for free a 1st lvl.your pet is half strength but its a really big deal. and you can still build a decent pet at half the points too. its a good all around option imo and it doesn't solely rely on the main pet.
