Recent Beastmaster changes

The recent changes to allow pet buffs to affect the master are a nice addition, however, the defense penalty on Rage is too large to bother using. +50% Attack for -50% defense will get the master killed on anything higher level. Can you consider lowering or removing the defense penalty on Sheep Pet Command Rage? Also, can you change it so that pet bonuses also affect the entire party? There are only a limited amount of Pet abilities that enhance the master, and they are not overly powerful. Being able to extend those bonuses to other players would encourage more people to include BST in their groups.

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Originally Posted by GoltanaBuukki

The recent changes to allow pet buffs to affect the master are a nice addition, however, the defense penalty on Rage is too large to bother using. +50% Attack for -50% defense will get the master killed on anything higher level. Can you consider lowering or removing the defense penalty on Sheep Pet Command Rage? Also, can you change it so that pet bonuses also affect the entire party? There are only a limited amount of Pet abilities that enhance the master, and they are not overly powerful. Being able to extend those bonuses to other players would encourage more people to include BST in their groups.

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Huh? Rage is a high risk ability like Berserk, Counterstance, Last Resort and Soul Eater. It should come with a heavy cost. Besides BST has full access to the OP Malignance set and can easily cap DT-50%. This alone removes most of the -50% defense penalty. With wise usage of WS, Snarl, /NIN, and a decent tank you should have very little issue on most enemies.