Beastmaster Damage dealing ability/ trait.

[Sparthos]

What BST needs is a set of stances that make the pet strong enough to hold its own without the masters DPS at the cost of weakening the master. Raise the offensive capabilities (pet: haste/att/acc/new traits) of the pet while such a JA is active.

The opposite JA would weaken the pet but strengthen the master.

Obviously BST can solo alot of things already but as soon as you scale up the monsters, the DPS of the pet starts to lag behind. The weaponskills through Ready are also pretty weak and in need of spicing up or a rework.

DRG does the strong master/weak pet, SMN controls temporary pets which lack DPS but deal in spike damage, PUP attempts to create balance between master/pet and so BST should be weak master/strong pet specializing in DPS.

[Areola]

I agree that bst would benefit greatly from a dd related job trait. but couldn't you count the killer traits as dd traits? I would like to see my pets out damage me again someday, traits or JA's that could make your pet stronger would be nice. The lack of dd traits and abilities should be supplemented by having a pet but the pets suffer greatly from lv adjustments vs higher lv mobs, but it looks like SE doesn't want to give too much to bst. People like to scream "THAT WOULD BE OP" at everything.

Only BST, WHM, BRD, and SMN don't have one. And only one of those jobs ever melees. Even the MAGES, who never melee have something.

Also i wanted to say i melee on bard regularly just singing and pulling isn't that fun