Limited Job #2: Beastmaster

[Nabiri]

I would be very disappointed to see any more limited jobs in the game. Especially Beastmaster or Puppetmaster (as I really love these jobs). I really want jobs that I can use in any and all battle content.

I actually believe that SE is quite capable of making BLU, BST, or PUP unlimited jobs if they make a version of them that fits this game. They don't have to be exactly like they were in the past. RDM is quite different in this game, and as others pointed out so are BRD and SMN.
I also think the "BLU would be OP" argument isn't valid at all. I'm sure SE could balance it just like they do with every other job. Tailor BLU to THIS game. Tailor BST to THIS game. Then there will be no need for this 'limited' junk.

I don't want to see any more beloved jobs come out half-baked as a result of being afraid to change them a little to make them fit FFXIV.

[hynaku]

I'm sure heard it brought up in live letter beastmaster. Was they planning to add it as new job?

[Auryan]

I'm sure heard it brought up in live letter beastmaster. Was they planning to add it as new job?

They mentioned it (along with PUP) as potential additions to the game thanks to the limited job concept. It was apart of the initial BLU introduction last year. They didn't outright say that they were working on these jobs though.

[MonsutaMan]

How is my favorite job not in FFXIV? That is asinine.

[lolicon09]

I'll only care about a job like this IF i can turn Forgiven Obscenity and Forgiven Venery into my pets

[MonsutaMan]

Being limited vs group will likely determine what you can tame. For those who want a group job, you are not going to be able to tame very much. Those who do not care, or the limited crowd will probably get unique stuff like Behemoths & Dragon type pets. Keep that in mind.

FFXI beastmaster was very limited in what the pets were. It was not a great job by any stretch to boot. Subpar DPS. Unless you get a endgame weapon, competing against people without an endgame weapon.

[Lambdafish]

Being limited vs group will likely determine what you can tame. For those who want a group job, you are not going to be able to tame very much. Those who do not care, or the limited crowd will probably get unique stuff like Behemoths & Dragon type pets. Keep that in mind.

FFXI beastmaster was very limited in what the pets were. It was not a great job by any stretch to boot. Subpar DPS. Unless you get a endgame weapon, competing against people without an endgame weapon.

In other words: BST as a full job will be like SMN. BST as a limited job will be like pokemon. I know which I would prefer.

[Hanayumi]

Blu hasn't done that well as content both NA/EU and JP, kinda feel like blu is going to be our 1 and only limited job. However if it's so then this prolly means puppet and beastmaster are never going to see the light of day unfortunately. If we see them as normal jobs they'll be simplified and dummied down, the reason blu is limited is not because it's OP it's because it requires you to more than just level like normal jobs. So a normal job version of beastmaster and puppetmaster would have to have set monsters and set automatons similar to smn.

[Stormfur]

I would absolutely love to have Beastmaster in the game. My favorite class in Dragon Age Origins was the Ranger, who could have animals (that leveled up into better/stronger forms) with them. Please don't limit it like BLU. That was a colossal waste of resources/time IMHO. Let them learn certain spells yes, or tame certain animals, but the thing that killed BLU was that they can't do anything with everyone else because they're always 20 levels behind.

[Lambdafish]

Please don't limit it like BLU. That was a colossal waste of resources/time IMHO. Let them learn certain spells yes, or tame certain animals, but the thing that killed BLU was that they can't do anything with everyone else because they're always 20 levels behind.

You know plenty of people actually had a lot of fun with 5.1 BLU right? It fixed many of its problems and gave it a lot of life. I would compare it to Pyros in that it is now quality side content with an active playerbase.

If BST was like 5.1 BLU, it wouldn't be bad for the game. As it stands, it will probably be even better than that because I imagin BLU will be getting even more content before BST comes out.