I am pretty sure Telamon thought it well over. Reducing the Fluffys strenght for more Hitpoints. The Hitpoints dont matter so much on their own but for the fire breath. The lesser strenght than a dragon could have balances the "overall Damage per second" probably out. So at all it just would be as strong as a dragon is. But I agree, that the stronger fire breath may influence especially PvP situations. (+7-8 damage) If there would be a lot complains about that I am sure it will be balanced out sometime in the future. But well, Tamers and PvP is another story to be discussed elsewhere
by the way... about the price check Seriously! Considering the demand and availability I would think it is more and at least same demanded than "Boots of the rogue". People have often 2-3 tamers, one on each account. One wants 2 dragons (fluffys) each. I was in... lets say: 60-100 (didnt count) leprechaunt lairs and only saw 2 Fluffys - farming for days and days - in current vacation. And then you still need to tame it. I would/could have 4 fluffys on my own (I have 2 tamers) if they "rock". I definitefly would keep 2 fluffys for my main tamer char. If I find a second one, and after that a third one, then I may, just may, sell it.
How many followers does it cost? Put it against a dragon 1v1 and see what happens? If its 2 followers put 4 against 2 dragons and a mare or a mare pack see what happens. I need to know !!!! WOOOOO