Well, as a quick update, I just hit lvl 30, and finished my Summoner quest line, and I started playing them. They are beastly for single-targets, and as long as you can keep one tank pet up and alive, you can solo almost any boss level fate, and shouldnt have any problems with other fates. The only issue is AOE. Currently SMN AoE sucks. You can spread your diseases to all targets, but the range is quite small, and in most situations, its hard to get adds in an instance so close to the boss without getting AOE'd by the boss etc.

I have had a lot of fun with this team though, and I am not about to quit. But the thing is, they are SO MUCH FUN!

That's what the game is about.

im going to be trying for a gladiator and 3x THM now... see how that goes.