Beastmaster: Can it work?

[Brixy]

Beastmaster could definitely work. How well it would work though depends on the chosen limitation they put on the job itself. Are we talking about a full blown pokemon master where we can tame everything as a pet? That would most likely have to be a limited job, which I honestly wouldn't like to see more of. Would that version of BST be fun to play? Absolutely! Limited jobs leave more to be desired though since they can't be used in relative content. What they could do is impliment a "base" set of skills that all pets could work off of and allow the BST to capture a chosen pet for those attacks to use their animations for. Basically all pets would do the same damage and same attacks, the only thing that would differ is how they looked. Option B would be something similar to SMN or RPR where you summon temp pets and they do their thing then disappear. Not exactly what a beastmaster should feel like, but it would give them options to add different pets into our attacks. Think of something like GNB's continuation string, but each one adds a different pet for a zoo barage lol.

BST is too big of an idea to get a justified version that we all want to see. Ideally, having multiple pets for different roles of play is probably what a lot of people want. The way FFXIV is balanced wouldn't really work with that sort of base without a ton of careful thought put into the job though. I'd love nothing more to have a job added with fun and flexability. Have 1 pet that works as a pure DPS with the BST alongside them, 1 pet that weakens your personal damage output but buffs someone else like a DNC for example, and maybe 1 pet that acts like a caster with slow attacks, but big damage. They could also try something similar to BRD where you have multiple pets for a set amount of time like song phases.