Overall direction of FFXI and game balance

[Nightstrike]

I still side with what I said then. don't you think Bsts should be a Beast master? not summoning beasts for a move? In any event it is not clear like half these notes are anyway.

They're still commanding a beast to do their bidding, so what if it doesn't stay, it just show's the monster is that powerful, just like how we can only get alex and odin to do one attack because they are that powerful to where we can't control them for long. And i thought it was pretty clear.

[CapriciousOne]

I never liked specializing myself and feel hybrids are better and allow more flexibility than specializing if something unexpected happens. Also in smaller groups that I've been in specializers had more of target on there head then anybody else. I mean consider the average NM on missions and quests where they are multiple mobs, most strategies center around killing the WHM or BLM first if there any around and from what I seen mobs tend to mimic similar behaviours especially in modes like Campaign and Besieged but that is my preference. In terms of HNM, Dynamis, etc (stuff I never do) might make more sense to specialize but in small groups and normal parties if the group focus on mobs maybe 3-4 levels lower than they usual, the need of specialization seems to be reduced to me. To each his own I suppose but I hate being caught with my proverbial "pants down".