Pet classes

[Bloodrite]

Friend send me some text, saying SE wanted feedback on how we'd prefer pet classes.
He couldn't say where it came from, or if it was true buuut gonna give my feedback anyway >_>

The only thing I can really say about pet classes is, please oh please don't do it like FFXI. I really disliked the fact that you could not have a pet for long.

As an summoner, I never felt like I was summoning monsters to fight for me, more like a mage with extra flashy spells, since it was almost never mp effective to keep the monster out. Just summon, fire of special, and banish again. >_>

As for beast master, I really enjoyed the way SWG did it, you had to go out and find a nest with monsters, then tame a baby, which would then grow up over time. It was a special like personal quest to go out and find the nest, with exactly the pet type you wanted ^_^

I have always disliked Beastmaster type classes that worked, as they do in a lot of mmo's. Where you tame a beast, that then falls madly in love with you, doing anything you say for x minutes. Before suddenly remembering it hates you and wants to bite your face off.

I Personally want pet classes to be pet classes, where your pet is the main force in case of a summoner type class, and something like 50/50 incase of a beastmaster type class.
I want pets to be pets. Not just something you have for a short time, till you zone or a timer runs out. And summoner to use there pets for combat, not just a flashy spell effect because it drains too much mp to keep it out >_>

well that's it then, hope no one flames too hard. See you in Eorzea

[Zenaku]

They said right now they wont be any pet job due to them having to fix the game battle and all the stuff. They did say they may be jobs that would have Pets so Lancer ---> Dragon knight / Dragoon"Pet"

[Perrin_Aybarra]

I agree for the most part but for the summoners, and I say this as a summoner at heart myself, I do not think we should have our Avatars out indefinitely. Mainly because it would remove the awsomeness of them and they would require to be smaller so not to be always in the way. If you played FF titles before, summoners usually just summon the avatar, they do their attack and they go away until you summon again.

In FFXIV, it should be the same, like FFXI did a bit. BUT I think summoners could summon elemental spirits the way you mentionned, without syphoning mp so you could keep it all the time. So you'd have a pet elemental with summonable avatars for bigger, more special and more awsome attacks.

If not, then you'll see avatars out everywhere all the time (having carby out forever in FFXI isn't the same since he was small), they would probably need to be less detailed and smaller so you don't make everyone lag.

[Zenaku]

I agree for the most part but for the summoners, and I say this as a summoner at heart myself, I do not think we should have our Avatars out indefinitely. Mainly because it would remove the awsomeness of them and they would require to be smaller so not to be always in the way. If you played FF titles before, summoners usually just summon the avatar, they do their attack and they go away until you summon again.

In FFXIV, it should be the same, like FFXI did a bit. BUT I think summoners could summon elemental spirits the way you mentionned, without syphoning mp so you could keep it all the time. So you'd have a pet elemental with summonable avatars for bigger, more special and more awsome attacks.

If not, then you'll see avatars out everywhere all the time (having carby out forever in FFXI isn't the same since he was small), they would probably need to be less detailed and smaller so you don't make everyone lag.

I think it should be like in FFXI that was the point to have them out and fight with you too your run out of MP. having them for just one attack is good but not that great.

[Archadius]

I miss my epic FFXI BST.

Every time I look at a certain forum-dweller's sig, I am reminded again of my time there lol
I think the person is LuxLor or something.

[PrettyPrincess]

In FFXIV, it should be the same, like FFXI did a bit. BUT I think summoners could summon elemental spirits the way you mentionned, without syphoning mp so you could keep it all the time.

Or there...could be no mp drain at all, since this is not XI >_>

[Perrin_Aybarra]

Or there...could be no mp drain at all, since this is not XI >_>

Did I said there should be MP drain?

I said the Avatars like Ifrit, shiva, garuda, etc, should just come out when summoned, to their attack and go away until you summon again for another attack, something of the like and that for a pet we could have the elementals that do not drain (I used syphon) mp so we could keep them out all the time.

Please read properly ^^

I say that because if they allow summoner to have avatars out indifnitely, obviously they will have to be weaker, they will have to be smaller so that it doesn't hide everything for yourself and the others and doesn't make everyone lag when there are 4-5 summoners around. So basically they won't be awesome summons like they are in FF titles, they will be sub-par pets.

[Zenaku]

Ya but other wont like this idea what the point of a pet job if you can only use it 1 time and they go away? it be the same as me doing a awesome WS it just not that fun,.

[Perrin_Aybarra]

Ya but other wont like this idea what the point of a pet job if you can only use it 1 time and they go away? it be the same as me doing a awesome WS it just not that fun,.

That's why the elementals can be summoned indefinitely and fight alongside. I think they should keep the "awsome" status for the avatars and not reduce them to "pets".

Edit: anyways, that was a mere suggestion and idea, SE will do what they want with the summoner job and other pet jobs. This is just my opinion on the subject and I think that seeing huge avatars everywhere (the targeting system is already flawed as it is) will just clutter the screen and be in the way of other players, forcing SE to make them smaller and less epic, which will just be another fail.

[Zenaku]

Elementals like the one we have no in ffxiv? to use them as pets and avatars as 1 time deal? the issue here is everyone would dislike this idea.

Tanaka said you be allow to use avatars but you most do loads of quest to be allow to use them in battle. but who knows with yoshi-p does

anyways i'm not much of a summer person more of a beastman type but i think they should stay as long as you have mp allowing them 1time deal is lame. Maybe there 2hour could be a awesome avatars like the one in ffxi. But i'm sure 2hour would be 1hour.-30min in this game