So I loved Beast Master from FFXI. I didn't get to play it much, but it was fun.

I'd love to play BST in FFXIV as well, but in the end I am not sure that the class would really fit as good as it could the way most people want it.

Capturing and Taming a wild monster would be fun to do and would be fun to run around with, but in the end I feel like the nature of FFXIV would sort of ruin that experience. There are a lot of factors that go into this game and in the end I don't think having BST work like it did in FFXI would fit with this game.

However, there is another game with a class that is similar, and that is Trainer from FFX-2. Yeah it's not the same but it is still similar. It gives you a pet creature that you use in battle. It is also a little like SMN yes, but it still has unique abilities that differ between the three characters.

So anyway, with BST and TRN as references, I can see a BST/TRN class on FFXIV working a little like a mix between the two classes.