BeastmasterXIV - Repeating XI's mistakes

[Gavyn]

Since Yoshi mentioned one of the pet system ideas that was in the works was in fact the "disposable pet" system for beastmasters, I was really, really disappointed. I know many FF players scoff at the mention of WoW but their pet system was more satisfying to play with and I'd rather see this system implemented in it's own way in FFXIV. I could care less about whether or not the class is solo/party friendly. Classes are supposed to be geared towards solo play anyway, with jobs being favored in groups. One of Yoshida's ideas was to have a beast-tamer as a class and having summoner as the job it could unlock, so I don't think beastmasters will be left out of either solo or group play.

[AceofRains]

YES PLEASE! This is the perfect system. Think about it! Monster Farm.
Capture/Charm Monsters BST Poach RNG/THF
Level Up those monsters by using monster related jobs such as leveling morpher, BLU spell casting, or using as your pet as a BST
Collect their produce
Use them for Morpher/Blue Mage Learning Grounds
Guild Halls for a new type of NM like trophynm or rarenm
Could also be attached to a chocobo circuit

I jumped the gun a little, but i like the idea alot. ;P

[Choyi]

Or make BST a class and SMN its adv job, that way you can happily solo as BST and when in a party setting simply switch to SMN.
Shouldn't that make everyone happy, retaining all the solo fun of BST while added party support/specialication with its SMN.

[Richard_BG]

you can't make everyone happy in a game.

[Choyi]

you can't make everyone happy in a game.

So true! Bad choice of words on my part x)

[Engineer]

I would like to see beastmaster implemented, but not in the way that ffxi did it.

I would like if beastmaster could charm, and keep up to 3 pets that they can level up independently.

[Richard_BG]

I would like to see beastmaster implemented, but not in the way that ffxi did it.

I would like if beastmaster could charm, and keep up to 3 pets that they can level up independently.

Yoshida said they want your pets to level and grow with your character so I have a feeling that will be implemented. The class/job needs to stay solo oriented though - that's what made BST a BST.

[Engineer]

Yoshida said they want your pets to level and grow with your character so I have a feeling that will be implemented. The class/job needs to stay solo oriented though - that's what made BST a BST.

of course , i hope yoshida will do something along these lines...

(class) "Flayer" Whip equipped beast tamer that has the ability to charm field mobs for a limited amount of time.
(job) "Beastmaster" has the ability to capture, and raise mobs.

i think this is cool since the class is designed for solo ala ffxi, and the job is party oriented with a pet of your choosing that you have to capture and level up which is made for party play.

what do you think?

[Richard_BG]

needs more pokeballs imo :P

[Engineer]

needs more pokeballs imo :P

lol. ...............