Beastmaster's weapon?

[Miguel85NYC]

What should weapon should BST have? I would love to see it use a crossbow. What yall think

[Nestama]

They'll probably have a one handed axe and shield, as seen in Bozja.

[NekoMataMata]

They'll probably have a one handed axe and shield, as seen in Bozja.

That's just Lyon's gear though, isn't it?

We've seen other beast masters that operate more like summoners, using magic along their summons.

[Boblawblah]

I want little knives with the sheep costume, will be hilarious.

[Nestama]

That's just Lyon's gear though, isn't it?

We've seen other beast masters that operate more like summoners, using magic along their summons.

Pagaga uses a one handed axe and shield, too. Some BST NPC's in the Skirmishes also have an axe and shield.

For example, here's Clarricie Priscus


Basically, any named BST NPC we've seen in Bozja (same with some Legion Beastmasters) has used an axe and shield. Lyon, Pagaga, Clarricie and Hernais. Daguza is the only outlier because he's a Seeq using the XII model (I think they only used knives and fists).

[Bacent]

I've seen some people hoping they can get a whip.


But if we can tame any horses, I think that that point their weapon would be the Neigh Neigh.

[Wasselin]

I think it should be a whistle or one of those little clicker things you use for clicker training.

[kaynide]

If FFXI is taken into account, their BST would very typically have axe and shield. There were other options like staff, but the “iconic” BST used some form of axe.

[Enkidoh]

NPCs aren't a good guide though as they often throw the Armoury System to the wind, dual wielding different weapon types in ways players have never been allowed to do.

Besides, weapon is technically irrelevant anyway if BLU is anything to go by - sure it has a weapon, but that weapon's 'type' is basically just copied from an existing class (let's face it, BLU's weapon is just THM/BLM's wands given a touchup), and had no bearing on the class's gameplay at all (it was only there as a requirement of the Armoury System to actually work, needing something to be equipped in the weapon slot at all times).

I mean, even now there's only a handful of BLU weapons available even now and they're just basically glamour anyway. I see no reason to believe BST will be anything different.

[CVXIV]

Someone already stated it but so far every beastmaster in the game has been shown wielding an axe and shield. However, one counter argument I have seen about it is that the weapons are the empire's take on it, and that the job we play as would use different weapons.

I am curious what we will end up getting, and if it is the expected axe and shield how it would play differently from Blue Mage. Alternatively, a whip weapon could be fun but likely a pain to try and animate it. I recall seeing another person mention how the handle of the whip might look different between designs but the whip part would remain the same.