I doubt any career XI BST would trust SE handling this job as anything but limited. We seen this movie before, and it aint pretty lol. You think they are confused with SMN? How about a job more complicated than SMN? SMN is simplistic compared to BST; and they still managed to get silly with that one.

BST was actually fine as a solo job in XI. A job that did not group, but pretty much soloed their own gear, soloed their own BCNMs, etc. When they shifted towards group content, this is when the BST waters got very muddy.

Taming was a thing of the past, due to the mechanics of dungeons or group content. So we got jugs. Having jugs severely limited our bestiary. The powerful creatures we could tame like scorpions were a thing of the past. Now, we are depending on the devs to re-release our more powerful pets, but they never really did that.

Not only that, but they nerfed the distance BST could use monster abilities after about 14 years, because BST was now a group job. Being a group job, you now adhere to the "Balance" standard; or their standard of balance.

Other jobs complained, so BST got nerfed. If BST never shifted towards group content, this may not have happened imo. BST was perfectly fine & capable of soloing content, or grouping with other BST.

I am not saying the people who want group BST are wrong, but history shows, this most likely will not end well....The irony? Many BST back then were yelling "Make BST a group job," they got what they wanted. It just wasn't what they expected....