In point of fact, I find it refreshing that beast is finally getting some love from the community. Due to the early version of the game where the simple presence of a pet caused a 30% reduction to earned XP beast was blacklisted from all non-mission specific parties by the FFXI community as a rule. Even years after the penalty was removed players still believed it was there. Finally with Abyssea we get some acceptance, even if it is tainted by our inability to do much !! procing from our main job.

We do need some viable non-Abyssea content to give us some classic beast hunting grounds though.