Please don't nerf beastmaster

[Ulth]

FWIW, I've done about 60 runs in SR so far and RNG do just as much damage as the bst pets from the same safe distance. Perhaps your LS has a lot more well geared BST than RNG. Like Ulth said, the problem is that Player HP hasn't increased on par with NM damage output. Combine that with the fact that DDs are dumb and never wear DT- gear because it might marginally affect their Epeen damage numbers and you get what you have here. Take a look at the good BSTs. They have almost nothing but Pet DT- gear on. And I've been doing Escha NMs with sams, THfs, BLMs etc. just fine. Just because you haven't tried it doesn't mean it doesn't work.

And for people saying that comments about other jobs are off topic, I'll leave you with this quote from the very first post in this thread:

Well the thing with the pet DT- is actually another reason why people think bst needs a nerf. Since pets really don't have a need for tp, their damage isn't hindered as much from full timing a damage taken set. Where as if I were to use my pdt set on thf my accuracy would hit the floor as most of thf's dt set is skirmish 1 armor and emet harness which its accuracy varies based on if you are in the popular unity or not.

Also even with throwing all my kindred seals and login points at savory shanks I am still without a defending ring.