The reason bst seems so powerful is that it was the original job designed to solo, although we could party if asked. The core of that soloing is charm; I'm not wowing any DD with my stunning Axe numbers here. Voidwatch seems to indicate an intent to move back outside Abyssea where traditional job roles will be more in evidence, so hopefully we can charm again. I was merely pointing out that SE not putting any charm+ on the 76-90 gear seems to indicate that they don't intend for charm to be workable in the new end-game, a hint if you will.

And charm is not god-mode! Beast was designed to be able to solo most content from level 1 on, in fact beast was often hinderred in an XP party due to a lack of pets that were DC-EM at camp and forced to be a 2nd class melee if you didn't have jugs yet. It was so those of us logging in with 3 hours of available time could actually do something in the 2.5 hours it took to find a level-appropriate party instead of being bored stiff seeking/searching in Jeuno.