[Suggestion] Beastmaster Job? Companions?

[Kazrah]

Well okay, I didnt get that far on my "astronaut" yet xD but now knowing that they get Gravity, I unexpectedly believe now that its a mix of time-mage and astro.
And that stop-type spell confirms that even more, right right.

Pretty much, which is their way of explaining Time Mage as just an empowered Astrologian like how a Necromancer is an empowered Black Mage, but both subjects are for another thread.

Back to the matter at hand, although Beastmaster has had some degree of mention throughout the game, anyone who has played Summoner in this game since oh, let's say....ever, could tell you that pet jobs aren't really going to be suitable until a change to the pet control system comes up, especially now given the whole ordeal about Bahamut-egi not having any controls when they are so desperately needed.

To the Summoner players who think I'm wrong on that, just ask yourself when the last time you found yourself in 3.x screaming at the screen because Garuda wasn't using Pandemic.

[SophieKitty]

especially now given the whole ordeal about Bahamut-egi not having any controls when they are so desperately needed.

I think it just adds to the game, the idea of the monsters thinking for themselves what to use is kinda nice, would be perfect for a beastmaster class/job.
It's monsters afterall, noone can 100% control them

[Kazrah]

I think it just adds to the game, the idea of the monsters thinking for themselves what to use is kinda nice, would be perfect for a beastmaster class/job.
It's monsters afterall, noone can 100% control them

There are better means of implementing this though. Something beyond 13 seconds of "SOMEONE MOVE THEIR FAT #$@*%&^ LIZARD!!" and more like animals coming in for a single attack, much like how the primals come up in Minstrel's Ballad: Ultima's Bane. Bigger animals lunging in for one attack and then darting out, birds swarming overhead to represent some periodic effect or something like that.

Lore-based reasons for lack of control is one thing, but it needs to also come with suitable mechanical reasons as to why there is a lack of control.