Beastmaster expectations and wishlist

[Vandso]

- Physical ranged dps;
- Whip as a weapon (what else would it be?);
- A bestiary listing all the enemies you can capture, similar to the blue mage spellbook. Most of these enemies will probably be "beast-like", I doubt you can capture a garlean soldier (though it would be funny);
- You can capture enemies based on their level and hit points, and maybe they have a rank/rarity system as well;
- The captured enemies will act like companions: they have their own hit points, can draw aggro and they will use actions automatically. I doubt each individual beast will have a skill tree though;
- You can bring your beasts to instances, but I don't know if you will be able to swap beasts inside;
- You will have some support actions that affect only your beasts, such as heal, damage buffs and mitigation;
- You will also have a set of basic actions such as combos and damaging abilities, debuffs and movement tools;
- You can make beast duels with other beastmasters (this is how their version of "masked carnivale" will probably be);
- I really hope that their design will be "circus-like", like a beast tamer. I would love if their victory and battle emotes affected their beasts as well, like making them jump through a ring of fire or something;
- I want a mount for clearing savage content. If they won't add Omega and Eden for Blue Mage, it should be for Beastmaster;
- I want a leveling roulette for limited jobs.

[RitsukoSonoda]

- Physical ranged dps;
- Whip as a weapon (what else would it be?);
- A bestiary listing all the enemies you can capture, similar to the blue mage spellbook. Most of these enemies will probably be "beast-like", I doubt you can capture a garlean soldier (though it would be funny);
- You can capture enemies based on their level and hit points, and maybe they have a rank/rarity system as well;
- The captured enemies will act like companions: they have their own hit points, can draw aggro and they will use actions automatically. I doubt each individual beast will have a skill tree though;
- You can bring your beasts to instances, but I don't know if you will be able to swap beasts inside;
- You will have some support actions that affect only your beasts, such as heal, damage buffs and mitigation;
- You will also have a set of basic actions such as combos and damaging abilities, debuffs and movement tools;
- You can make beast duels with other beastmasters (this is how their version of "masked carnivale" will probably be);
- I really hope that their design will be "circus-like", like a beast tamer. I would love if their victory and battle emotes affected their beasts as well, like making them jump through a ring of fire or something;
- I want a mount for clearing savage content. If they won't add Omega and Eden for Blue Mage, it should be for Beastmaster;
- I want a leveling roulette for limited jobs.

FFT BST's used Musical Instruments as weapons.

[DamianFatale]

FFT BST's used Musical Instruments as weapons.

Crossbow could also be the weapon.

[Anienai]

- Pink hearts.
- Rampage to hit all 5x. (inside joke)
- Charm to work as a stun on non charmable mobs.

[Jojoya]

- Whip as a weapon (what else would it be?);

A whistle? Make the weapon a whip and you're going to have everyone with an interest in the ethical treatment of animals breathing down SE's neck. Use of whips on animals is generally not done anymore.

I would expect players to have a small number of beasts they can bring with them into instances. A single beast would be too limiting when it comes to attack variety.

I think Beastmaster and BLU should be able to play together without penalty since both are limited jobs.

Otherwise, I don't really have any expectations beyond the usual variety of abilities based on what the beast is.

[Vandso]

A whistle? Make the weapon a whip and you're going to have everyone with an interest in the ethical treatment of animals breathing down SE's neck. Use of whips on animals is generally not done anymore.

I would expect players to have a small number of beasts they can bring with them into instances. A single beast would be too limiting when it comes to attack variety.

I think Beastmaster and BLU should be able to play together without penalty since both are limited jobs.

Otherwise, I don't really have any expectations beyond the usual variety of abilities based on what the beast is.

B-But I want the whip so I can make a dominatrix glam! (jk)

[RitsukoSonoda]

B-But I want the whip so I can make a dominatrix glam! (jk)

Nah Whip is reserved for the Vampire Hunter job they plan to add some time later... >.>

[sindriiisgaming]

A whistle? Make the weapon a whip and you're going to have everyone with an interest in the ethical treatment of animals breathing down SE's neck. Use of whips on animals is generally not done anymore.

I would expect players to have a small number of beasts they can bring with them into instances. A single beast would be too limiting when it comes to attack variety.

I think Beastmaster and BLU should be able to play together without penalty since both are limited jobs.

Otherwise, I don't really have any expectations beyond the usual variety of abilities based on what the beast is.

didnt they breathe down there neck for p11s attack being called dike, for the treatment of lalas being racist and for genderlocking being homophobic.

i dont think ppl take them seriously anymore. the whip isnt used on the beasts is used on the enemies, whip in general is an under utilized weapon in games and would be a great way to show some representation

[Mayhemmer]

I don't want it's "progression" to be anything even remotely close to BLU's. I don't really know how exactly I can describe what I mean by that, but everything about BLU has this "feel" that doesn't sit very well with me. You're given all of these spells to unlock that you're meant to use to tackle challenges in creative ways, but it all ends up feeling so artificial and choreographed to me, and BLU suffers from a lackluster reward structure. My motivation for doing new BLU content is... that I have then done the new BLU content... It doesn't feel very compelling. I'd like Beastmaster to not repeat that.

[ryouma17]

i have no expectations or wishlist for beastmaster just like bluemage i probably wont even touch it, if i wanted to grind mobs in the open world i'd play FF11