We Need Beast Master Job in FF14 ARR

[Alistaire]

A pet class that is about the pet.

in a game that is very decidedly about how the player acts. OK. So pet does most of the work then what? The player sits there? Dodges? Handles mechanics you'd normally have to sacrifice a player's worth of effort to work with? Hey guys, have the BST do gorilla bombs, it'll be just like we still have 8 ppl on the boss.

And that's why it wouldn't work.

[Blackcanary]

in a game that is very decidedly about how the player acts. OK. So pet does most of the work then what? The player sits there? Dodges? Handles mechanics you'd normally have to sacrifice a player's worth of effort to work with? Hey guys, have the BST do gorilla bombs, it'll be just like we still have 8 ppl on the boss.

And that's why it wouldn't work.

You really haven't even read anything that's been posted in this thread have you u just picked that one comment and went with that. I'm sorry about my bad choice of words and explanation. If SE want to put this job in they will and they find a way to make it work. BST would work and coexist with the pet. Ether by working together with the pet or being a support. You would command the pet and then support it as ur fighting. Like I said before the chocobo companion system would be the perfect fit. It would just have to be reworked for BST. Reworked a lot so it would be fully balanced.

[AlyssaWildheart]

I would love it if a Beast Master class was added-in every game I play its always the first class I pick if its an option. Summoner does have pets-but I would like a class more dependent on the pets and the ability to tame creatures you find in the wild.

[AlphaFox]

I already mentioned it once before but they could also handle pets by having it tethered to you and as an extension of the player. Giving the pet a "life-link" skill that saps the players HP should they take damage would add extra caution on the side of the player cus now you have 2 markers to watch for. I figure if we tether the pet (by chain or whatever we decide) they could have skills based on distance. Much like with SMN but perhaps quicker response they could "come" and instantly jump to the player to say avoid a close AOE "Strike" where the pet leaps forward X distance and stays there moving with you say to flank or backside. Once attacking the target they don't pass through the mob but allows you to come close to trigger other skills that require close distance to both the pet and mob.

However the response about having the pet turn into a gorilla to handle bombs just made me shake my head, that would be like expecting a Summoners Egi to do the same thing, they can't. Simple fix is during time of transformation, handle it like a chocobo and have them disappear during times they shouldn't be out. The only issue that I come up with is raid wide damage, unless they can somehow flag it that damage is only taken once as opposed to taking double from both the pet and player getting hit.

[Savagelf]

I love see the beast master job introduce like ninja job that jobs quest series was awesome

[Savagelf]

the new dungeon has the cool tiger i want see if that can become someday bst pets

[Blackcanary]

After seeing the trailer for Palace of the dead I feel like BST would be perfect for it since they are giving us more things you can solo in. Also giving us beast that have a different rolls all in one is perfect Healer, Attacker, Tank. Then you just add the Chocobo skill tree to it but with some extra adjustment to it so it is balanced for BST and I think it would be amazing. Imagen fight with ur Beast and chocobo including if they worked together when fighting a mob that would be awesome.

[Savagelf]

to be honest I like more complex system like a trait system that beast allow you to earn as the beast lvl up. and skills aswell. I think of 3 different spec ranger dps tank and melee dps

[Slirith]

I can't see BST being a tank in FFXIV. Would be too complicated for the simple nature that the developers seem to like. Scholar/Summoners(not all) already don't control their pets, don't need a tank doing it too.

[Savagelf]

I could see a system like one that used for pvp for the bst pets.