Please don't nerf beastmaster

[Draylo-]

Now people are pet burning everything, 70+ BST on server at all times. Remember when people brought THF to unm and people raged? Remember how fast SE nerfed thf?

[dasva]

Right now 58 bst 54 blu online. Nerf blu

[Draylo-]

I don't see where BLU came into this discussion at all.

[dasva]

Blu can deal dmg at range completely safely like bst and can do it with physical or all 8 elements of magic. Nerf blu

[Draylo-]

Please keep on topic as its about BST, you are bringing irrelevant posts up at this point. Thanks.

[Siviard]

I agree, BLU is incredibly overpowered and deserves a bit of the nerf bat. Nerf BLU, Development Team!

And Draylo, the topic of this discussion is nerfing jobs. So Dasva is on topic and his post is relevant.

[dasva]

This is a topic about whether or not 1 job needs a nerf. Said discussions are by their nature about comparing to other jobs as it is a question of balance. Especially when it's about the supposed overwhelming strengths that are brought. So it's at least as relevant as fairy tales about impossible to match dps and such

[Ulth]

Blu is pretty much the most OP job right now, and is more versatile than any other job. I don't think it needs nerf though. It is funny to see the person most vocal about bst being nerfed being on the job that is actually most powerful. Sort of reminds me when sams were begging for thf to be nerfed.

Still not a fan of the way bst is played though and wish it was more focused on the master's damage instead of just having the player wave around stat sticks at the pet. Jumalik Helm looks good for cloudsplitter though. 20 mab and people have seen augments on it with another 15 for a total of 35. However I have a feeling SE was more thinking of it as a magic burst piece for pld. More plds taking advantage of holy 2 is pretty awesome as well.

[Hoshi]

Oh! This topic is about jobs that start with the letter B? Atm we have 67 BST, 58 BLU, 57 BLM, and 31 BRD online. It looks like they need to buff bard!

[Vinedrai]

And Draylo, the topic of this discussion is nerfing jobs. So Dasva is on topic and his post is relevant.

Um... No. The topic is about bst. See the thread title?

Anyway, it is true that BLU is potentially pretty strong. The key word here is "potentially". You need really good augments for TP, WS, nuking and partly DT sets to consider yourself an OP BLU (which also applies to BST pet gear). The main difference is Ready spam is just ridicilously strong, mostly due to its timer. BLU for safe physical damage? BLU can't get close to that with dart at all.

Blu can deal dmg at range completely safely like bst and can do it with physical or all 8 elements of magic. Nerf blu

You should also consider the fact that most of the BLU nukes have short ranges and/or long recasts.

Why would you bring a BLU for magic damage to NM fights anyway? BLM and SCH do it much better with less sacrifice/effort, or a GEO considering it also brings buffs/debuffs to support other nukers. You need safe physical damage? Why would you bring a BLU when there are BSTs or RNGs. There is also SMN which can potentially deal stupidly high spike damage and also release, resummon any time to avoid having their pets riddled with debuffs or not worry about their death.

BLU shines at roaming due to its versatility (such as in Yorcia Skirmish) and close-range DPS. If you really want to argue for it in a thread about BST for whatever reason, you should stop for a second and think where BLU stands in the game. If anything, BLU competes with other close-range DPS jobs and in some cases, nukers, not BST, not even remotely.