BST DoT increase: A modest suggestion

[Malthar]

Actually, Arcon's a good guy. But as you can see here, he's no friend of the sheep.

[Insaniac]

I think SE is afraid of making BST any more powerful of a solo job. An easy fix for that would be to make JAs that lower a pets survivability in exchange for DoT increases. That may have been what they were thinking with run wild but they went about it all kinds of wrong. Something that floors the pets evasion and defense in exchange for att acc and haste would be pretty neat and would make BST more attractive for party situations without overpowering them for solo dynamis and such things.

[Caketime]

Actually, Arcon's a good guy. But as you can see here, he's no friend of the sheep.

Gacy was a good guy too, he just didn't like teenage boys.

[Xilk]

The only confirmed effect of run wild is the regen.

haste, attack, and DD tests have returned no results.

testing attack is a royal pain w/ a 5 min timer limitation.

[Raborn]

Instead of asking for an Insane Amount of Haste, Why not ask for something, say, Reasonable? Yes 15% Haste is the average for a Spell, But when think about other Pet jobs, Some way worst off than BST... It seems Absurd. Everyone <3's their job the best, But we need to objectively handle improvements.

SMN and PUP Are the only jobs who's pets can receive haste, SMN Only has 1 Avatar, Garuda, Who can, and PUP only has 2 heads, RDM and WHM. So they're limited in that regard (And I'm 99% certain PUP Heads can't haste themselves, So i could be entirely wrong on PUP)

That said... Spur would be nice if it could be improved a little, But i recommend something way more realistic. Lets stick with the haste idea, But instead of making it 15%, How about 5%, or 10%?

Or, Better yet, Could always have Spur give a Slight Accuracy and Attack Boost. Right now, Spur offers what, Store TP 3 at base, But up to Store TP V with the Gloves?

Spur could also grant.

Accuracy Bonus III~V
Attack Bonus III~V.

This wouldn't be as "Broken" in SE's eyes as 15% Haste for this ability, and would act as a slight Berserk/Aggressor for our pet. Adding a good chunk of Accuracy and Attack on top of the Store TP. Alternatively, It could add the above, as well as a small amount of haste (5%).

Have to think of it in terms of expected reality, Not wishlist numbers. Hope that helps, +1'd anyway.

Let's not forget here that SMNs have unlimited access to pets given they keep an eye on their mp pool, and that smns dont neccesarily rely on keeping a pet out for long periods of time like a pup and bst do. Its more like burst and run. and that pups not only get haste from interchangable gear for pets that most bsts have acess to. They also get haste from the automation attachment that grants them up to 25% haste with 3 wind maneuvers on. has anyone done testing on this yet to see exactly what the pet haste cap might be? if they have can somoene provide a link.

My only qualm with the JA spur is that you have to keep hitting it, I'd rather the Spur effect last 10 minutes or 30 minutes and have a 5 minute recast if possible.
A 5-10% haste doesn't sound too unreasonable, given if its a 5% haste we also get an attack boost based on how long the pet has been out.

[SNK]

FFXI's smaller than you think.

Fixed that for you.~

[Malthar]

Keeping the dream alive.

[Shadowsong]

I agree with everything Arcon says, and its pretty obvious why.
BST is fine, the only thing it cant do is Voidwatch, and why would you want to go BST anyway?
Level useful jobs for the events you wanna do, dont wildly buff the crappy job you wanna use.

[Caketime]

Your face is crappy.

[Malthar]

Ok, enough with the trolling.

And beast-haters need not comment because we know you're opinion is skewed.