BST merits

[Karbuncle]

ATm since charm is ughh and everything is based on jug pets me and my 6 friends did all our merrits like this
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5/5 call beast
5/5 reward recast
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5/5 beast affinity
5/5 beast healer


Unless things changes the power of bst seems to be in your jugs and gtting those pets out as fast as possible if needed and keeping your pet jug alive. Reson why I chose beast affinty give my sheep or lower pets a higher lv when they come out so they are stonger.

~ now go find u 5 otther bsts or 4 and kill kirin in less 10 mins in non zurg format lol

Yes and no.

It depends on the situation. If you're in an Exp party, if you're any good you'll be out-DDing your pet. VV/RR/Apoc does more for master than pet because of Weaponskills like Rampage. your pet will keep up, But a good BST will out-do his pet, even gearing for the pet. (gear like ACP body, AMK Head or Spurrer's, etc), The Master, if any good, will still out-DD his pet, maybe not always during TP phase, but the WS phase will be like a 10 to 1 split because of how Epic Rampage is with Razed Ruins/good gear/macros/intelligence/etc.

If you're a solo-er BST (lets face it, most of us are...) Then the idea of BST would be keeping your pet alive, and keeping the Call beast timer up when needed.

This is why Im inbetween Killer and Callbeast/Reward. Killer Effect+5% Combined with Ferine Body+2 would increase my Damage by about ~5% when im in a party/event situation. While Reward/Call-beast would increase my pets survivability and my own when soloing.

Before Abyssea I would (And did) go with 5/5 Callbeast/Reward. I still have those, Its just always been a thought about Killer mErits due to the Bodys Augment.

It depends on your majority playstyle, But there are two sides to the BST coin, your solo and group playstyles.