Beastmaster a wasted opportunity

[RyanCousland]

Beastmaster could have been FFXIV's ranger a phys range dps with a whip or crossbow with the ability to summon/call animals for damage or buffs or whatever.

[Eloah]

Beastmaster could have been FFXIV's ranger a phys range dps with a whip or crossbow with the ability to summon/call animals for damage or buffs or whatever.

Who says that won't be what it is? We don't know anything about the job just yet. I know Beastmasters are in the game already as NPCs, but some aspects might change when it's available to the player.

[RyanCousland]

Who says that won't be what it is? We don't know anything about the job just yet. I know Beastmasters are in the game already as NPCs, but some aspects might change when it's available to the player.

im glad youre optimistic about it but my point was more in line of how it shouldnt have been the limited job this expansion

[Reimmi]

im glad youre optimistic about it but my point was more in line of how it shouldnt have been the limited job this expansion

i dont think the problem is limited jobs so much as they are *too* limited
they should be able to reach current level cap just dont let them queue for current tier raids/criterions, it doesn't feel worth it to solo old content with these jobs when they're always weaker than my main jobs...

[RyanCousland]

i dont think the problem is limited jobs so much as they are *too* limited
they should be able to reach current level cap just dont let them queue for current tier raids/criterions, it doesn't feel worth it to solo old content with these jobs when they're always weaker than my main jobs...

i dont have any issue with the concept of a limited job, well not exactly but my point was that they made the wrong class a limited job instead of beastmaster being the limited job for this expansion it should have been pictomancer considering that they could have integrated the sight seeing aspect of the game with the job further incentivizing engagement with another feature in the game, as well as other possibilities

[AnimaAnimus]

The bigger tragedy is that going by FFXIV's history it will likely be a man who does shady stuff but is super honorable, a scholar who studies animals or a brightly colored little cutesy job instead of a man-of-the-wild or feral dr doolittle sort of thing. Which would be much more interesting than just another noble outlaw, scholar or UwU chibi.

[RyanCousland]

The bigger tragedy is that going by FFXIV's history it will likely be a man who does shady stuff but is super honorable, a scholar who studies animals or a brightly colored little cutesy job instead of a man-of-the-wild or feral dr doolittle sort of thing. Which would be much more interesting than just another noble outlaw, scholar or UwU chibi.

woah lets not diss the chibi. you have me at everything else but lets not get crazy

[Kabooa]

The bigger tragedy is that going by FFXIV's history it will likely be a man who does shady stuff but is super honorable, a scholar who studies animals or a brightly colored little cutesy job instead of a man-of-the-wild or feral dr doolittle sort of thing. Which would be much more interesting than just another noble outlaw, scholar or UwU chibi.

Yeah, it certainly wouldn't be a pre-existing popular NPC that features the job itself.

[AnimaAnimus]

Yeah, it certainly wouldn't be a pre-existing popular NPC that features the job itself.

You mean, the "noble outlaw"...? Yeah I had mentioned that archetupe too.

[Iscah]

We've already seen beastmasters fighting in Bozja, and thus far they are frontline combatants with one-handed axe and shield. They're not a blank slate.