OK. I'm Linkzell, BST from Ifrit, now on Odin. Ive been a 75+ BST sense 10/25/2007. Here is what you need to know about BST in 2011:

Charmed pets are out, Call pets are in.

Lets take a look at this statement:

BST, pre Lv76+ Was all about the solo aspect. We could go places, do things, and accomplish what other jobs only had wet dreams about. You would walk in with your A+ CHR set, charm the baddest S.O.B in the area and rape face. Haha, we win.

Parties do not like BSTs. Pets cut exp., it was a hassle, and if you could not preform well in Skill chains, what good where you?

BST evolved. Pets no longer cut exp. we got some half decent Call pets(R.I.P.C.Carrie) parties liked us. As time went on, BST partys charming crawlers in Mt. Z was the next big thing. But this wasn't enough. BST wanted to be just as accepted as everyone else.

When Scars was introduced. We got Lv80, new abilities, and call pets. If you gave anyone, who has never played FFXI, or BST a C.Carrie and... lets say: Dipper, Lulush, or nazuna, they would tell you to should Carrie where the sun don't shine.

BSTs wanted to be able to pick the ability that was used when you Sic a pet. Ready was born.

Hehe, and lets face it, Sic < Ready and day.
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Gear:

Most of us paid 600k+ for Monster signa, 500K+ for Apollo's, and so on to get the most rockin CHR set out there. And it was worth it!

Take Sky, wana charm a flamingo? IDK if that will help you on the new VW monster, you might get laughed at...heheh...

You cant charm in Abbysa, deal with it. So, lets look at what BST used to carry:

High CHR set for Charm
TP/WS Set for Rampage(witch we sucked at)

Thats it folks.

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New times for BST:

Lets forget for a min that you can charm, and all you have are call pets. What is a BST to do?! You mean I have to spend gil to operate?! Yes! But, that shouldent be an issue.

If BST is a main job, you should have the following:

Cooking: At Lv. 60 or higher. 60 is Fine.
If you take 1 Dipper. You can go to LoO or Zitah and farm Kitty kats for 2 hours. This nets me around 6-12 stacks of Kat meat. Another Dipper in CN, 6-12 stacks of Liz. eggs. Go to NPC and buy flour and water. That will net you 24-48 Stacks of Pet food Zeta (Reward: HP Recovered @ 900 + 3*(MND-45)) You just saved 480k-960k gil making your own Pet food(Odin prices, with btw is the most expensive server atm). Not to mention your pets last a lot longer then normal.

For less then 5k/4 stacks, you can make Nazuna, witch can be used as a throw away pet.

Make your own food. Thats a +

So lets look at gear:

We have a CHR set and Tp/WS set.

WE should be rocking 3 sets now:

Pet Set.
Reward Set.
WS Set.

Get some pet -pdt axes, get the regain axe, ACP, MKT, SA gear and mod it for BST.
use that Osode for MND and STR, not CHR. Get more MND gear... the list goes on.

What im trying to say is... whens the last time you used Gauge?! Why should Charm be any different. Go with the flow~ Enjoy your awesomeness.