Super-Summoner
09-09-2023, 11:14 PM
(Sorry, long)
Mentioned this before, but always found it weird how the door was open for BST to have Families beyond current ecosystems because we can charm Puks....
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ffxi/images/0/05/Creatures.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20061216234033
However, I always wondered if Killer Traits are the reason the devs never gave BST Hecteyes, Dragon or Undead pets like Hounds. Killer Traits have never been these game changers which players strive to max out. Bone Parties was the closest, but it was more due to blunt H2H damage destroying Skeletons.
No doubt Killer traits has uses. However, I don't think other jobs would be affected if BST had all Killer Effects. It will simply give BST the niche as the "Monster Killer." Other jobs individually could do that, but a BST is a all in one.
BST pet families need to be expanded imo. BST feels incomplete due to the capped pets, and how many are not available leaving BST to wonder "What if?" The Hippo is arguably the best pet; but it took years to get it.......It changed the BST tanking game (Abyssea Era notably). What if the Scorp, Mantid Hecteyes, Phuabo, Naul, etc are game changers? We will never know.....
The pet is just as important as the BST, maybe more.....
Mentioned this before, but always found it weird how the door was open for BST to have Families beyond current ecosystems because we can charm Puks....
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ffxi/images/0/05/Creatures.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20061216234033
However, I always wondered if Killer Traits are the reason the devs never gave BST Hecteyes, Dragon or Undead pets like Hounds. Killer Traits have never been these game changers which players strive to max out. Bone Parties was the closest, but it was more due to blunt H2H damage destroying Skeletons.
No doubt Killer traits has uses. However, I don't think other jobs would be affected if BST had all Killer Effects. It will simply give BST the niche as the "Monster Killer." Other jobs individually could do that, but a BST is a all in one.
BST pet families need to be expanded imo. BST feels incomplete due to the capped pets, and how many are not available leaving BST to wonder "What if?" The Hippo is arguably the best pet; but it took years to get it.......It changed the BST tanking game (Abyssea Era notably). What if the Scorp, Mantid Hecteyes, Phuabo, Naul, etc are game changers? We will never know.....
The pet is just as important as the BST, maybe more.....