So, what is the hold up on Beastmaster?

[kaynide]

Yep beastmaster and puppeteer were already mentioned as possible limited jobs. Primary reasoning wasnt so much because they would overpowered, devs believe these job would just be at a disadvantage to the other regular jobs since they require further work than the usual leveling up, aka capture/training monsters or craft/salavge puppets.

This is/was the main dev problem. They were concerned players might reach (level X) and not have (ability Y), which would make for an unhappy experience all around. There used to be a system where to play Warrior, you needed to level Paladin to get certain abilities (things like Flash, Provoke or Rampart). They have moved towards less abilities tied to quests and towards just giving core abilities automatically with levels. BST, if played in a way people want, would necessitate going out to find/catch/charm pets.