Geomancer

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Originally Posted by BasicBlake

With the hints at Beastmaster and Battle Medic in the Bozjan storyline, with the storyline being around Rabanastre, and the Zodiark story coming to an end.

And with how you actually get access to Zodiark in FF12 being a Geomancer, maybe we'll see a nod along the way in that direction.

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It'd be sweet if we saw all three represented in the Bozjan Southern Frontline content!!

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Originally Posted by SeikishiYuuki

It'd be sweet if we saw all three represented in the Bozjan Southern Frontline content!!

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I don't know if we would see Bst outside of Gabranth, but hopefully it is incorporated well.

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Originally Posted by BasicBlake

I don't know if we would see Bst outside of Gabranth, but hopefully it is incorporated well.

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Maybe they'll employ lots of enemy beastmasters :D

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Originally Posted by BasicBlake

I don't know if we would see Bst outside of Gabranth, but hopefully it is incorporated well.

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If we do see BST added as a job, one of two things will invariably happen.

One, like with SMN Egis, there's a predetermined selection of pets that each have individual properties, sort of like how FFX-2 had a specific pet for each character. Small chance of a glamour ability from optional content.

Two, based on how people are demanding the ability to tame pets in the wild like a WoW Hunter, it will be another Limited Job to pair with BLU to handle a meaningful selection.
There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding a lot of people on these forums have when demanding BST get free-taming, where they assume the devs can balance having a virtually unlimited selection of pets because other games like WoW have so many. Except that in WoW, all Hunter pets essentially fall under one of three classes, with the difference between each species being a utility cooldown (like "your pet can shield itself" or "your pet has a buff that's on a CD shared with the rest of the raid"). Otherwise they're all functional reskins.

That being said, I could see them adding BST eventually to fill out the Ranged Physical Job roster, since their access to Whips is fairly unique.

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Originally Posted by Archwizard

That being said, I could see them adding BST eventually to fill out the Ranged Physical Job roster, since their access to Whips is fairly unique.

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I can also see that,but considering how BLU wound up with Canes like THM/BLM, I have a sneaking suspicion it and free-taming (Limited status) are gonna be muturally exclusive. Which is to say that a Limited BST would get a weapon already common (My bets on bows) with the whips going to a regular job later down the road. Its probably what happened to BLU itself if the GNB AF's anything to go by.

Whatever happens with Geomancer, it ain't a proper GEO without Flood, Quake, Tornado, and a cute Bell weapon.

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Originally Posted by Archwizard

If we do see BST added as a job, one of two things will invariably happen.

One, like with SMN Egis, there's a predetermined selection of pets that each have individual properties, sort of like how FFX-2 had a specific pet for each character. Small chance of a glamour ability from optional content.

Two, based on how people are demanding the ability to tame pets in the wild like a WoW Hunter, it will be another Limited Job to pair with BLU to handle a meaningful selection.
There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding a lot of people on these forums have when demanding BST get free-taming, where they assume the devs can balance having a virtually unlimited selection of pets because other games like WoW have so many. Except that in WoW, all Hunter pets essentially fall under one of three classes, with the difference between each species being a utility cooldown (like "your pet can shield itself" or "your pet has a buff that's on a CD shared with the rest of the raid"). Otherwise they're all functional reskins.

That being said, I could see them adding BST eventually to fill out the Ranged Physical Job roster, since their access to Whips is fairly unique.

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Oh I am 100% of the thought that it is intended to be a limited class.

Yoshi P in an interview even commented on how well it would fit as a limited class.

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Originally Posted by Lufir

Whatever happens with Geomancer, it ain't a proper GEO without Flood, Quake, Tornado, and a cute Bell weapon.

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Give me my Bell and give me Flood, Quake and 'Nado.

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Originally Posted by BasicBlake

Oh I am 100% of the thought that it is intended to be a limited class.

Yoshi P in an interview even commented on how well it would fit as a limited class.

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Yea they really don't like pet classes in content, PUP and BST are kinda relegated to limited which is fine if they have interesting play. LEMME HAVE MY RANCH OF BB ALDGOATS!!

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Originally Posted by SeikishiYuuki

Yea they really don't like pet classes in content, PUP and BST are kinda relegated to limited which is fine if they have interesting play. LEMME HAVE MY RANCH OF BB ALDGOATS!!

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Incidentally, I wonder if GEO would have some pet-related abilities. The ones in Swallow's Compass appear to summon water Apa, earth Dharas and wind Anilas; the lore does mention that they used their powers to subjugate or ward off spirits, compared to Eorzean Conjurers living in harmony with them.

Nothing to the extent of SMN, hopefully, but perhaps temporary pets as cooldowns?