Limited Job #2: Beastmaster

[He-Saiyan]

It could be cosmetic, but BST would still be able to tame creatures within dungeons, which could create exploitation. If they are not able to tame creatures, in dungeons, what is the point of making it a group job? The gist of BST is taming.

They could make BST use jugs only, but that is basically a SMN reskin. I feel, making BST a group job takes a round table of brainstorming. They could shift that focus on other jobs & content. Why create a SMN reskin when they could simply put that effort into SMN?

It is like the Houdini story. The great escape artist who couldn't open an unlocked door. The answer is right in front of us, imo. BST as a group job is making it more complicated than it should be for a team that can't seem to get pet jobs right to begin with.

XI BST started out as a solo job, and it was successful (Devs alluded to it was being an intended solo job)

Shifted to groups & failed miserably.

The definition of insanity.......

[TarynH]

XI BST started out as a solo job, and it was successful (Devs alluded to it was being an intended solo job)

Shifted to groups & failed miserably.

The reason BST failed in groups, was because it had a severe experience penalty if the BST had a wild/charmed monster. They eliminated that years later, so it was kind of a too little, too late impact. Had it not been that way at the start, BST would've been a great addition to a party. Like having an extra dps in the group. And they would've been forced to balance it as such.

Another reason it failed, was because BST needed drops from things that only dropped things for BST. So nobody wanted to help a BST out, and told them to go solo, duo, trio those NMs with other BSTs. (Basically a limited job.)

And the final reason it failed in group content specifically, is because they don't know how to balance anything in XI. BSTs were being used in later content, and were severely overpowered, because they were still built for soloing. Players were burning through harder content with a bunch of BSTs. The devs saw this essentially as an "exploit" and they had to fix it somehow. Which they ended up making BST pretty much intolerable to play.