If you are paladin and you are dead... where is the skills in that?? As for your comparison, Summoner avatar is just as close to beast master in this regard. Some jobs are more SOLO friendly, it is called OPTIONS, because some people would prefer to log and play within minutes and not having to need to find others to do anything in the game, get it??? Beastmasters finally get the updates they deserved and now is a shining example of SOLO jobs with PETS who actually REALLY good pets and if you gear it right they become even BETTER pets. So stop butthurt jealous over Beastmasters, level the job if you are envious or don't go near it if you don't like the jobs, since Thief is pretty much the king of Dyna farming when it comes to currencies drop.