Ah my first post ever since playing ffxi. I have been a long time beastmaster since the old charming days. No one cared about beastmaster until we were given the capability to measure up against other DD jobs. I give credit to the Dev team for all the recent quality of life changes. But I have to say this distance nerf was made out of haste and not properly thought through.. It doesn't really create "more" of a challenge just "more" of annoyance. This was posted in the Freshly Picked Vana'diel 21 Digest.- Beastmaster
The range in which certain abilities and pet commands can be used has been shortened. While this changes the style of play a bit, please try it out and let us know your feedback.

So maybe they are looking into this and seeing if the distance nerf was too extreme? Hopefully they will respond with some type of answer whether it is good or bad.