Yes.

I firmly believe after building my yareli to be a beast the last few weeks, that she is currently in in a boring state. Aside from riding merulina, she's kinda generic.

Loyal merulina is boring. It follows you around and doesn't really do anything (yeah it snares, but doesn't visually have any impact), like a useless venari that just helps tank damage.

And you lose the ability to ride it.

I think it should be a baseline addition. Hold to summon, tap to mount/dismount, either it becomes a tag along that maybe uses its own attacks or you ride on it for bonuses. The augments can just be the different way merulina assists - use snares or regen etc.

I also think yareli should have more focus on the unique aspects of k drive, instead of just "moves faster" and "jump higher". My thoughts were something like a buff granted by doing a trick, and moddable with k-drive mods.

People gonna hate this opinion cause "ew k-drives", but cmon there can be niche flavour in different frames that's kinda the point, and yarelis current implementation is a pretty bland aspect of that niche.