Limited Job #2: Beastmaster

[ReiMakoto]

Beastmaster can never become a normal job, simply because the amount of monsters you'd be able to get would have to be limited to 2-4, and would be gotten only through job quests. That's not beastmaster, that's a variant of FFXIV's Summoner.

You have a pretty limited scope if you think thats the only way they can implement beast master. In some iterations of beastmaster they keep the animals in magic cages and release them for individual attacks, expanding on this you could have a class that every gcd and off gcd is a different beast that you unleash for that attack, that ways you can have as many beasts as you have attacks. I believe only ffxi used the approach of beasts being more permanent pets.

[Kaizencorr]

I can get behind limited jobs if they overhaul the system to acquire spells and pets. As of now it's so much of a chore. To be carried through everything.

[Auryan]

Don't be too down. This topic is a lightning rod for controversy. Ignore the people who are here to argue. I do like your idea btw.

Could make it work like Tactics Advanced where you place your pets in a zoo-like area and raise them. That also leads into how the job plays.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Luckily they stated that there's going to be a massive boost for the Blue Mage Log usage. I believe it was stated before that it would be "near guaranteed" if you complete the content using that. If it is indeed like that and you only need 1-2 runs for the spells, I see it as a good thing...but they'd need to make it so people want to keep running it, otherwise it'll be dead content within 2 weeks.

That'll be great for the people who can do it during the early rush. For anyone who comes later and wants, say, Shiva's spell that she only uses on Extreme, and needs to find a party to help them out.....well, good luck. And then we still run into the problem of not being able to do much with the job.

[Vahlnir]

Don't be too down. This topic is a lightning rod for controversy. Ignore the people who are here to argue. I do like your idea btw.

Could make it work like Tactics Advanced where you place your pets in a zoo-like area and raise them. That also leads into how the job plays.

I haven't seen anyone arguing here. What I have seen, however, is people voicing their opinions for or against the idea.

[Auryan]

I haven't seen anyone arguing here. What I have seen, however, is people voicing their opinions for or against the idea.

Knowing full well you will derail this into another "I hate BLU" thread? I'm sure voicing your opinions is all you wanted to do.

If you want to dump on BLU, there are threads for that.

[TheMightyMollusk]

The only comparison we have for a limited job right now is BLU. Of course it's going to come up.

[Vahlnir]

Knowing full well you will derail this into another "I hate BLU" thread? I'm sure voicing your opinions is all you wanted to do.

If you want to dump on BLU, there are threads for that.

Not trying to derail it at all. I'm allowed to dislike something. I'm also not opposed to limited jobs as a concept. SE just doesn't make enough time or apply enough resources for BLU to make the concept worthwhile in my opinion. So yeah, I would love Beastmaster, even as a limited job...but only if they do it right, and not half baked and left out to dry like they've done with BLU so far. BLU has/had a lot of potential and it has, in my opinion, gone to waste. It could be so much more than it is and it makes me sad. But sure, I'm all about hating BLU.

[Auryan]

That has nothing to do with the topic at hand. This is about theory crafting a limited BST for the fun of it. And not about how SE is going to actually handle it, if at all.

[Vahlnir]

That has nothing to do with the topic at hand. This is about theory crafting a limited BST for the fun of it. And not about how SE is going to actually handle it, if at all.

But how they'd actually handle it is very, very relevant to the topic.