<i've been killed on my tamer, AND my pets have been killed too.>
So you actually expect to be invulnerable on your tamer? It's true that tamers have more to lose than other classes when they die, but they are also the least likely of any class to die! The dragons are the ones taking all of the damage. And it's not even that hard to tame a new mare and WW.
<taming isn't the only way to make money... it's just the easiest!>
Yes. The easiest, by quite a margin. Why use anything else, especially when you have 5 character slots? Everyone can make a tamer for cash farming.
<if taming is taken away on this shard, i'm sure most of the population will be gone.>
If most of the server is SO dependant on taming as a source of income that taking it away would mean they have to quit... that just speaks volumes in itself.
<and if things get all screwed up, then again, a lot of ppl will leave. most people like the shard the way it is.. why does anything need to be changed?>
Wow, yes, of course. The entire server and everything in it is PERFECT. Majere has divine insight from god himself, so he's already got everything on the server perfect. He no longer needs to add or adjust anything to the server.
You already admitted yourself:<taming isn't the only way to make money... it's just the easiest!> There's a definate imbalance here, and it needs to be adressed before the entire shard turns into an OSI style tamer fest.
Never did I suggest nerfing tamers in my entire post. All I want is for other classes to be able to make reasonable amounts of money compared to tamers.
EDIT: Ninniux's post made me think... one feature I would really like to see is for a limited form of Discordance to work on boss monsters, if your skill is at GM. Maybe only 1/2 or 1/4 the effect, with a smaller chance of success. Same for peacemake, only the duration would be greatly shortened and the chance to succeed not too high. Then bards would be sought after for fighting bosses.