Beastmaster Class

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Originally Posted by Intaki

It did plenty of things right for its time. That time has passed.

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I would disagree, i kind of feel FFXIV is the other extreme. World of Warcraft has the most interesting transition because it's not even a different game. It's the same dam game that went from challenging/time consuming to so "accessible" people are leaving en masse shortly after each expansion.

I'm all about new jobs, but truthfully 3 jobs for an expansion is already a pretty good amount. I'm not really expecting any new jobs during Heavensward. But i would totally love a berserker/beastmaster!! It's gotta use one-handed axes though!

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...-Berserker.png

berserker is already inclued into warrior/marauder.... some class/jobs we have in FF14 are a mix of other jobs.
like the conjurer that is a mix between white mage and geomancer. don't forget that the game at the start before they did add jobs was planned for have a large number of class....

(ref: http://www.google.fr/url?source=imgl...ATv1DsllHxK_TQ )

i dunno for the beastmaster, people tend to think that a jobs that need the pet for do anything will be a thing... i did play game like this in the past and in high level content whenever the pet was dying it was frustrating. the pathfinding trouble, latency in the execution of the order,....
it gonna be a pain for them. even wow didn't go this far into the pet jobs, if you look at the hunter, they had access to a tons of pet, but most of them have 2-3 skill max.

i dunno if beastmaster will come or must be bring to the game, but i feel jobs like dancer/samurai will be bring before it happend.

I've always been a fan of beastmaster melee classes! Fighting side by side with a tiger, wolf (or a Courier Carrie if you're a former FFXI player) has always been one of my favorite things to do in mmo's. SOMEONE TELL THE DEV TEAM TO GET CRACKIN!

If you think about the way they already have the game designed, and the current MO for doing our Chocobo's, the beastmaster is an obvious set forward from that.

Training Grounds - When they add a class, they add a pen like the Chcobo Stables.

Taming - I am sure I ain't the only one who has grinded leves for powerleveling DPS classes, and the leves at every level point have a mission to pacify creatures - so we have that mechanic.

Summoning - Could be tricky

Limits of Pets - This could work like the Chcobo where getting to lvl 10, then to go higher you have to feed it something for every lvl progression, but you loose a permenant pen place for keeping it. That way we can interchange our pets and it puts the job makeup on the player.

Interesting thoughts - 8 beastmasters going into Binding Coil (or Crystal Tower)...

With the buildup of this, I would expect that if they have already started it (enough evidence to say they have) this may be a mid 3.0 series to mid 4.0 series release.

I will say that there is enough in game evidence to say that the job is coming, only a question of when.

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Originally Posted by Orbital-Dragon

Please bring it back i would love a tamer class in ff14!

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you already can...

http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/97...2015204951.jpg

but yeah, it could be fun.

I desperately -really- want a pet job.
I've been waiting for one since 1.0 launch ;x

Really hope they bring it with next expansion.

Smn doesn't count because of the limit to pets
And sch kind counts (sch is my current main because of fairys)

Thinking about BeastMaster. You can't actually charm world or dungeon mobs. If so how would it work? What's the gimmick? There are no elemental wheels to worry about. So how does the type/species/family of pet really have any advantage against other mobs?

Given how everything seems to be set up. BeastMaster would have either one unique pet with three modes or three unique pets to fill one of three modes. Defender/Tank, Attacker/DPS, Support/Healer. Much like Acn or Smn would a Beast Master be gimped if their pet dies or if they die because they need to be in melee range. Would calling pets require Mp? Is the player a support DPS job with familiars doing the work? Is it a job that gets dumped into being a solo job and not wanted much for party play? This is not FFXI, there are no consumables for job abilities so jug pets are irrelevant. Bards don't have instruments in the shield slot so having a Beast master call using a secondary tool wont happen either. Trapping a pet into an off hand tool might work but you are looking at something on par with Mug, Mercy Stroke, etc.. But even then you can only hold one thing at a time if successful. What would happen when its released? A one time effect? I can already see people complaining about: guys you killed it to fast, you were to early, we lost all the healing effect mobs (rage quit), no more party boost effect mobs, effective trash kill mobs are gone its now challenging (rage quit).. and so on.

At this point given the design of the game if people really wanted a Beast Master like job. The companion Chocobo would become usable in dungeons. That is the only thing in the game currently that is close to a Beast Masters pet/familiar, and it can be used by any job. Hand, Land and War. That said the cost of Onions to get max rank birds would explode, people will require max rank birds only, and would they be as useful when their rank is capped for lower level dungeons? Then there's the summoners who will complain about not getting any new summons and how there is still no third Ruby Carbuncle to complete the triad.

Like a Dragoon that can tank, I just can't figure out how exactly some jobs would work. Not every game can be like Tactics and cram as many non redundant jobs for the sake of having them available at some point.

I see where your coming from Kotemon.

Also, it is possible that they are setting up the companion chocobo to be the pet of the beastmaster since that is where all the mechanics stem from currently for that type of play.

It is also possible that they may/could setup the companion chocobo so that in order to get top tier (lvl 30 guessing with Heavensward coming) that you would have to pacify creatures on the map and cross train the abilities to your chocobo in order to get beyond whatever the Heavensward cap will be.

Lots of possibilities out there, but since the Dev Team hasn't even squeaked a thought on this beside myself and others overreaching on current in game mechanics, who really knows if any of us are even close to correct.

I personally still stand my belief that a Beastmaster type of job is coming, just a question of when we will see it.

Based on your thoughts, and current mechanics, the Beastmaster could also be the Blue Mage a portion of the community is wanting to see in this version of FF.

Would be an interesting mechanic, and the way the Machinist is setup as a ranged buff/debuff dps with mechanical pets could be a in game test for it...? Huge reach I know, but I am good for over thinking things too.

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Originally Posted by Orbital-Dragon

Please bring it back i would love a tamer class in ff14!

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Key points:

- Whip as its main weapon
- Pre-determined pets vs pets that can be tamed
- Role? (I lean towards making BST a tank)

- I agree on the whip weapon.
- The BM itself would specialize in support spells for pets and debuff spells on enemies.
- The pets would fill the roles such as tank, dps, and healer... similar to the Companion.
- When tamed each pet would have 3 paths to take, skills in those paths can be unlocked via BM Traits. Similar to how Fishing allows higher tier areas to be accessed.
- There would be predetermined pets, however there would be a multitude of pets to be tamed throughout the lands... very similar to how Guild Wars 2 does their pet taming system.
- Naturally each pet would have level requirements for taming, so you cant rush to high level area and snag the top pet.
- BM's offhand slot would be filled by a Mimic, which actually takes on the form of "tamed" monsters... thus bypassing the lore needed for where are all my pets stored.