5.0 Beastmaster: keep it fierce please

[Satyagrahi]

Can't wait to have beastmaster

I want to see it be fierce, not too silly/wacky. I am looking forward to how players make it look cute, but I hope the development team also makes the job feel....aggressive.

To this end, I would like to see BST channel the spirit of one of my favorite mobs, the drake. Especially a drake with flaming scales Perhaps there is room for glamours, but I would very much like to see a drake theme to this job, where a BST unleashes a spirit animal transparent version of the animal he or she is aligned with.

Also, how about an ability that buffs every summon and pet in the party? This would make SMN and BST pair very nicely. It also might be the key for having a MT BST and OT BST in the same party--having some synergy like 2 MNK have in the same party.

[Tegernako]

Honestly there's not a lot of old FF classes left that could be re-imagined or are tanks.

Maybe sentinel from XIII.

[Tanathya]

Honestly there's not a lot of old FF classes left that could be re-imagined or are tanks.

Maybe sentinel from XIII.

FFXIII had no jobs, they were just generic roles.

They shoved the tank role into DRK, they can do that with any job. BLU would actually make sense.

[Tegernako]

FFXIII had no jobs, they were just generic roles.

They shoved the tank role into DRK, they can do that with any job. BLU would actually make sense.

No, I'm saying take the idea of the sentinel class from XIII and make it into a new job.

Also I can't be the only one who's not at all interested in the idea of blue mage/beastmaster for a tank unless it was like this:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i4GXAOk1OX...-1920x1080.jpg

*edit I got ninja'd.

Also I really like the idea of dancer for a tank though. It'd be a really fluid class with probably some really cool animations and a emphasis more on team buffs maybe. That'd be quite different and cool.

[Xenosan]

I really like the idea of BST as a XIV tank, also.

I can imagine a BST tank in XIV meta something like so

1hander with a morning star main-hand, a off-hand padded cesti (like.. not a shield exactly, a monk weapon that covers the forearm - like some do), essentially a shield.

Charm 1 is their tank stance, Charm 2 is their DPS stance.

With a Charm I, a pet is summoned and 25% of the damage inflicted on the BST is redirected to that pet. The pet has an HP bar but cannot be healed by anyone other than the BST.

BST also has Command abilities that increase the percent of damage the pet will take (increase it from 25% to 45% [Rampart], increase it to 65% [Sentinel]).

Instead of waiting on Cooldown timers for defense moves like ShadowWall/Vengeance/Sentinel with DRK/WAR/PLD, the pet's HP bar acts as a pseudo recast for defense CDs. If you leave up BST's 'Sentinel' for too long, the pet could die or abandon you.

Also there are Loyalty stacks built under Charm 1, Feral stacks built under Charm 2. This incentives BST not to let their pet die also, as stacks are lost (similiar gauge mechanics of PLD/WAR).

The pet's HP being a sort of resource the BST can tap into, but throttle up the Pet's portion of damage intake for too long and he bails, he takes too much damage, he dies.. BST pulling a bit from DRK who uses MP to throttle productivity, but with BST it's based around the pet's HP. Of course BST still has traditional mitigation and role skills too to alleviate pressure off the pet mechanic. I think that would be a good resource mechanic for a pet tank job.

I started rambling on about a Job theorycraft. tl;dr BST tank would be awesome, and it's doable within the game meta.

Maybe not in the traditional 'pet job' way some people want. But we didn't get a trinity-breaking RDM either, the sky didn't fall.

[Shurrikhan]

Maybe not in the traditional 'pet job' way some people want. But we didn't get a trinity-breaking RDM either, the sky didn't fall.

In that case...

/praying_for_falling_skies

[Sylvain]

snip.

Finally a pet tank that makes sens within the game design!
Not that I'd like to play a BM, but hell, at least your idea makes sens unlike all these post with "the pet tank instead of you, great isnt!"

[Azerhan]

Should be great.
We need more tanks in the game, and BM could be very awesome!

[Savagelf]

I rather see beastmaster as pet dps jobs tamed drake and puppetmaster as tank job

[MauvaisOeil]

Very interesting Concept, Xenosan.

Not sure they plan on it somehow, but it's at least, refreshing and quite unique.