Quote Originally Posted by MonsutaMan View Post
Beastmaster always overlapped with Summoner from my experience; even in the single player games. You could summon monsters that were not traditionally summons like bombs, wyverns and cockatrice or however you say it. I say that because it begs the question, do we need beastmaster? I say sure.

Beastmaster always felt like Summoner to me, but a lesser version. It leads me to believe that beastmaster may function similar to the bahamut summon, instead of walking around with the pet. In that case, beastmaster could be a group job.
Except SMN has a huge identity issue in this game, and many complaints that people aren't getting the summons they want (egi glamour?). BST would suffer these problems as well as not feeling like BST at all.