So, what is the hold up on Beastmaster?

[MoofiaBossVal]

Beastmaster captures and use pets. This will not be possible.
I've played MMOs with this mechanic, there was always a pet superior to the other and most of the time it would break the balance.

So what? FF14 is a braindead easy game. So what if one pet does 2% more damage than another? PvE isn't competitive. And if pet balance really is a problem, just do what WoW did and allow you to stat swap pets so they all have the same level of competitiveness.

Considering how terrible pet AI (especially pathing) tends to be in MMOs, I suspect they probably scrapped the idea even if they had ever considered it seriously. They've already pretty much eliminated pet function for ACN/SMN/SCH and haven't touched Chocobo Companions since HW.

If FF14 devs can't be bothered to fix pet pathing then they could just take the lazy route like GW2 did and give the player the ability to teleport their pet right ontop of the target, bypassing pathing issues. Problem solved.