Why is no one talking about beastmaster?

[ADVSS]

honestly because the shield throws me off. it screams tank but we already have more than enough.
which means its gonna be a limited job.

I mean a dps with the maiming category could totally use a buckler or something, but off hands like shields, like you stated only even just 1 tank has that anymore, so it makes sense like you said. It could, just be there due to how things like titan egi got changed completely to where the beast probably gets ignored while the BST will have to deal with all the damage up front anyway..

[MartaDemireux]

At this point I'd be more surprised if they didn't add BST, absolutely.

However I'm more intrigued by an NPC that is using Urianger's old mechanical staff. The weapon type of unreleased 1.0 Arcanists that had a schtick of summoning "distaff" that theoretically would have functioned like 3.0 MCH pets - placed "totems" that would deal damage or buff/debuff in an area.

[BasicBlake]

Lyon having a unique one handed axe is a big giveaway, along with every bst in bozja using one handed axes.

Then we have some bst with very powerful large solo pets or some with groups of weaker ones. The devs aren’t going to let the playerbase bring groups of monsters into a dungeon with other people, and nothing we saw should give any indication they would work like an egi.

I do think it would be limited and I think you would be able to choose a party of monsters based on the trust system to bring with you into dungeons.

[ADVSS]

Lyon having a unique one handed axe is a big giveaway, along with every bst in bozja using one handed axes.

Then we have some bst with very powerful large solo pets or some with groups of weaker ones. The devs aren’t going to let the playerbase bring groups of monsters into a dungeon with other people, and nothing we saw should give any indication they would work like an egi.

I do think it would be limited and I think you would be able to choose a party of monsters based on the trust system to bring with you into dungeons.

Could be 1 large, 2 mediums, 4 small pets, or however they do it. You can have your chocobo out, summoned pet, and random 1 dmg minion all around at the same time solo or even in a party really

[Tracewood]

I suggested an alternative to BST a few months ago that changes what Beastmaster is, that may upset BST people, but it would prevent it from being a limited job. The summary is that XIV's BST would be more akin to Monster Hunterish job with a moogle pet. And, rather than taming wild beasts to use in battle, they'd capture them as part of the lore. Having a Moogle "pet" acts as an assist with at least three unique commands, the rest being your weaponskills and such.

The Bozja BSTs have axe and shield, so if it ends up a limited job it could function as a tank with a pet or a DPS with a pet. If a full on job, I can honestly see it being more of a tank.

[spf1200]

Nobody cares cause limited jobs are a bad idea and should not have resources wanted on them

[Vespar]

If BST ends up being a limited job I'll be mega pissed.

[Calixis]

People were burnt with BLU being limited and Dancer being a DPS. With BST already being name dropped as a potential limited job people aren't getting their hopes up. With that being said, the Beastmasters we encounter are all very much being used in a combat role, including all of them wielding the weapon set of axe/shield. To me that's possibly a very strong hint we may well be getting them as a proper Job rather than Limited (or at least have the mini-game included as a system alongside it). Plus the reaction to BLU being a Limited Job was so overwhelmingly negative that I doubt they could've missed it.

[ItMe]

Plus the reaction to BLU being a Limited Job was so overwhelmingly negative that I doubt they could've missed it.

... was it?
I know the forums were full of people complaining, but they always are.
They're not a good representation of anything.
Do we have any hard numbers on how many people actually play BLU?

[ADVSS]

... was it?
I know the forums were full of people complaining, but they always are.
They're not a good representation of anything.
Do we have any hard numbers on how many people actually play BLU?

Maybe a search for people who finished the carnival? Took me a while but it seems like it would be enough to see if people were dedicated enough to actually complete it? Still missing like 12 skills