Beastnaster feedback post-release

[SarriaKadijah]

Thus far, the ideal strategy is to bring the most DPS-heavy beasts onto the boards. The elemental weaknesses do not seem to matter that much when you can just beat down with high-DPS beasts. Also, since the catch rate is pretty low for some of the beasts, it is actually better to just farm boards to get them from the merchant via currency than to go to dungeons and hope to catch them based on the RNG.

The boards seem tough but also grindable. I was able to clear the first one on the first attempt and just scraped by, so I think it will get easier as I level the monsters. But I also just like doing dungeons - both for hunting some of the last few monsters (some of which are not available via the merchant), and for leveling just in general (I'm not high enough to get some of these monsters in the overworld). BLU can handle dungeons and trials and such - BST needs to be able to do the same, and it's just not there right now.

I'm really enjoying this job (and more than BLU honestly), but it's got some barriers to enjoyment that I really hope they'll consider and do something to help with. Preferably soon.

[Keumjo]

BST is the most fun I've had with combat in FFXIV in years. I'm sad it's a Limited job and I wish they'd find a way to convert Limited Jobs so you can actually engage in all content. I find it very silly that LJs exist, particularly when the output for their content is like once an expansion. At the point, was limited supposed to mean 'limited support'? Just seems like a weird choice to hype up the production of these jobs and then provide them so little content outside of one special repeatable dungeon crawl.

[VeyaAkemi]

Also, since the catch rate is pretty low for some of the beasts, it is actually better to just farm boards to get them from the merchant via currency than to go to dungeons and hope to catch them based on the RNG.

If you are doing it strictly solo, maybe, but there seem to be no difference between sync and unsync tame rates, getting a buddy to go in with you and murder everything in sight and get to your tame targets in a fraction of the time. I also found BLU is great for this end, since Missile allows you to safely reduce the target's HP to very low without killing it. Behemoth feels like the only exception to this, but at least for now, finding a PF for LOTA unsync has bee pretty easy, hell, I got my Behemoth in Dynamis without issue even.

[Reimmi]

And even that is "do your special and then bye bye next".

Yeah i dont like how much of the damage is from us pressing buttons.
Would it really have been so wrong to give each pet a few auto cast abilities that THEY use on short cooldowns instead? like, a pet class?

[Tabbs]

One thing that really stands out to me for BST is how fun the rotation is. It feels defined but without feeling strict. Its satisfying. I have a hard time understanding why it needed to be limited outside of the status effects some pets can cause, but much like with BLU its pretty rare that those work on most bosses. Also why no role actions? I get disabling them for crucible but it feels weird otherwise lol.

BST is the most fun I've had with combat in FFXIV in years. I'm sad it's a Limited job and I wish they'd find a way to convert Limited Jobs so you can actually engage in all content. I find it very silly that LJs exist, particularly when the output for their content is like once an expansion. At the point, was limited supposed to mean 'limited support'? Just seems like a weird choice to hype up the production of these jobs and then provide them so little content outside of one special repeatable dungeon crawl.

I'm on the same page as you. BST is super fun and I wish I could play the whole game with it, much the same as with BLU. I've always thought it would be super cool for limited jobs to eventually graduate into full jobs once they've gotten a handful of limited mode updates. Like now that BST is out, it would be cool for BLU to be given a toggle to switch to a version of itself that can do all content. Then eventually do the same for BST as they add a third limited job?

The evolved mode they're adding would be a good opportunity for something like that.

[Keumjo]

I'm on the same page as you. BST is super fun and I wish I could play the whole game with it, much the same as with BLU. I've always thought it would be super cool for limited jobs to eventually graduate into full jobs once they've gotten a handful of limited mode updates. Like now that BST is out, it would be cool for BLU to be given a toggle to switch to a version of itself that can do all content. Then eventually do the same for BST as they add a third limited job?

The evolved mode they're adding would be a good opportunity for something like that.

Especially when we have PVP jobs which has their own battle skills and requirements. It CAN be done.

[Xander_Diabolos]

There is a lot more good than it seems... but all I could say on it is "No notes" on those things. I want to note I'm at only board 2 when I noticed a grinding issue so I have yet to get to master boards since all my pets are around rank 6-7.

Recommendations:

-50 beasts
1. Annoying to get (Rotting Goobue, Zu and Karlabos)
2. Goobue / Rotting Goobue - Introduce subspecies
3. Allow capture of micro ochu/thanalan antlion and add to subspecies
4. Subspecies have different stats/abilities since we can't customize pets at all
5. Defensive pets underused vs offensive due to speed of clearing

-Crucible
1. Routes seems not long enough for meaningful choices
2. Offensive items preferred over defensive ones for speed of clear over survival
3. Low rewards (1 rank per pet) means repetitive grinding of lower boards
4. Incremental progress: you could give xp per fight vs per clear allowing incremental progress and more pointed leveling to "power level" low level ones by including it in 3 you bring with.

-Rank up pets options
1. Be able to rank up pets outside of dungeons so you can "test them out" or grind them in the field for alternative grinding methods. We could have BST doing lvl 50 dungeons to get new pets and rank up old ones vs hard stop and getting lvl 100 to spam clear to second boss to get single tame attempt before resetting.

-Kornago Merchant
If you want Beastmaster's Horns + 1 you go to the Bright Remnants of Resilience shop to see they are 10 bright remnants of resilience. Then you exit and go to Faded Remnants of Resilience shop to buy 10 bright remnants of resilience. Then you go BACK to the Bright Remnants of Resilience shop to buy the thing to realize you have it equipped because you are BST so you exit and swap to another job so you can go back into the shop and buy the thing and go back to BST to realize that it removed the gear from your gear set since you no longer have it and you have 35 head pieces in your armory so you move one thing from your armory to your inventory so you can swap out and switch to BST and then equip the thing you just bought and put the helm you removed from your armory back into your armory. Sound long winded? Because it is... please find a way to upgrade things we have equipped and/or just make it cost 2 faded vs converting 2 faded to a bright to buy with bright. I think it would be great QoL update especially for BST going to +1 or higher gear.

-Duty Finder
Now that we are at 2 limited jobs it would be nice to have a method other than party finder to queue for something. I feel a reason someone might not do a limited job is because it is exceptionally limited and almost requires you to be friends with a level 100 to unsync run something for you. I don't think that should be the default. Make it easier to do MMO stuff with people randomly also doing limited job vs begging friends for favors. If BST could rank up pets while helping BLU learn spells... why not have that?

[Voidmage]

So I played it now for a while.
Not max level yet but first impression is that it's ok?

Positive:
The highlight is definitely the Crucible for me and that one is fun enough to make me grind it slowly.
I really like the spin on the ARR bosses and honestly look forward to how they will handle the HW ones.
Interesting strategizing and interesting mechanics.
It gives good background information on the monsters.
Collecting the beasts is also fun if done blind.

Negative:
For a limited job BST feels pretty safe imo. Some fun things like the tree but not brought far enough to make it feel like more than a FATE-job.
Dungeons are a bit of a pain with the very bad self sustain.
The monster usage itself feels kinda underwhelming for me tbh. You press a button and basically switch out. It's basically just 1-2-3 until the combo starts. Maybe it gets better at max level but, wished the monsters had more tbh.

All in all it kinda reminds me of the phantom jobs. Fun ideas and with potential but too safe and not brought far enough.
Wish they would buff the self healing at least or bring more of the Crucible and the special effect over to normal gameplay of the job like the Monster weaknesses and unique healing / buffing potions.

I have fun but I would lie if I said that Crucible doesn't carry it for me so far.

[CCheshire]

So I'm only lvl 28 now and beyond being sad about the limited pet options:

- I run unsync'd old ARR stuff on PF for taming mobs and then if there's a special boss maybe I'll be lucky and I can catch him or not
- Fun to see ARR active that's not tied to yokai watch
- BST Story sounds fun even if I'm not too happy about the Crucible not being semi-optional content too
- My Chocobo is already lvl 19, but I can see it being useful for others to level their birbs with fates and mobs for the CL weekly, which is nice since I've been farming DT zones and I am so tired of them
- I like seeing the pets in town even if I have everyone on the small setting size

[Lord_Umbra]

My biggest issue is it being a fixed board it's f boring running the same bored on loop I was hoping it'd be Rogue like in more than just gear obtaining & would randomize the mobs & bosses.