Beastmaster / Tamer Class

[BlaiseLallaise]

I can see it now. You finally gain level 50 Tamer/Beastmaster, and now you have the ability to tame a Malboro. This is the moment you trained for. So you travel around looking for the baddest lv 49 Malboro you can find (can't be too tough to tame, right?). Finally, you identify the one that will be your new companion. The battle ensues. You skillfully dodge vine after vine, perfectly avoiding the notoriously bad breath, and finally, battle won, you tame your very own Malboro. But suddenly, you notice, it's now just a baby, level 1, begging to be trained for weeks or months just to get back to it's former glory.

Something about that doesn't seem right to me.

[Sivara]

Someone asked for more FFXI Beastmasters so...here's my input. I'm Blaise's wife IRL, for the record. I played BST extensively in FFXI.

I really like all of the ideas here (except for the ones where the pets change classes and the pet is reduced to level 1 after taming ). FFXI BST was fun, but it was so punishing. FFXIV has a real opportunity to make Tamer/Beastmaster into a solid class/job. It doesn't have to be torture to level, and it has some potential flexibility for solo and party battles.

I really like the idea of having the option to tame a pet and keep it, or make it a temporary pet. I could use my preferred pet, but then if I pick up aggro or need to crowd control, I could temporarily dismiss my pet and charm the extra monster. I could do this in FFXI and I was pretty fun to be able to make enemies fight each other. I hated recycling monster after monster and never having a permanent familiar, but it was nice to be able to manipulate the monsters around me somewhat for my own safety and the safety of my party.

[Leonesaurus]

Someone asked for more FFXI Beastmasters so...here's my input. I'm Blaise's wife IRL, for the record. I played BST extensively in FFXI.

I really like all of the ideas here (except for the ones where the pets change classes and the pet is reduced to level 1 after taming ). FFXI BST was fun, but it was so punishing. FFXIV has a real opportunity to make Tamer/Beastmaster into a solid class/job. It doesn't have to be torture to level, and it has some potential flexibility for solo and party battles.

I really like the idea of having the option to tame a pet and keep it, or make it a temporary pet. I could use my preferred pet, but then if I pick up aggro or need to crowd control, I could temporarily dismiss my pet and charm the extra monster. I could do this in FFXI and I was pretty fun to be able to make enemies fight each other. I hated recycling monster after monster and never having a permanent familiar, but it was nice to be able to manipulate the monsters around me somewhat for my own safety and the safety of my party.

Very awesome input and thoughts!

Glad you liked some of our ideas! I agree with you about the pet classes and reducing it to level one. I wouldn't really like if they went that route, like FF XIII-2 did. Not to say it's bad, but I just prefer the flexibility that FF XI had. Same for the way the classic FF games from FF V and on had with their pet tamer jobs.

If you have any other suggestions please share! We'd love to hear more feedback from the community on our future for Tamer/Beastmaster! Hopefully more people will share their ideas and the devs will take notice and give us back some input!

[BlaiseLallaise]

Here's a thought. What if the Tamer class could merely temporarily tame a wild beast (without the chance of it turning on you, of course), while the Beastmaster job gained the ability to have a few permanent pets? The job could then have it's faithful companion, as soon as it's unlocked, while still utilizing the temporary CC taming abilities native to the class.

Honestly, I could go either way with the class permanence topic, but it's worth discussion.

[Leonesaurus]

Here's a thought. What if the Tamer class could merely temporarily tame a wild beast (without the chance of it turning on you, of course), while the Beastmaster job gained the ability to have a few permanent pets? The job could then have it's faithful companion, as soon as it's unlocked, while still utilizing the temporary CC taming abilities native to the class.

Honestly, I could go either way with the class permanence topic, but it's worth discussion.

Holy $h!t! I didn't even think of it that way! LOL

That's actually a REALLY good idea man!! That way it balances both the class and job with what they have at their disposal as well as a goal to work towards.

So if someone finds out they can have a long lasting pet(s), like you had mentioned, leveling up to 30 to become a Beastmaster would be an exciting goal for players to work towards!

Nice idea again man! Keep em coming! :P

[BlaiseLallaise]

handy dandy bump, for great justice.