Beastmaster a wasted opportunity

[RyanCousland]

DNC mains could ask for the same but all the emotes related to dancing is more than enough or I may have been living in a cave for the past few years and didn't witness the uproar for a DNC counterpart of BRD performances. Though I understand what you meant when one job is given a shiny toy, everyone will ask for one.

I am just very passionate about pet jobs in every mmorpg I play and as much as I want to stay with FFXIV because of SMN and SCH, what they did to the entire pet system makes me sad. When BST was relatively still teased or was conceptualized years back, I became very excited and hoped that it could be a tank job.

same, was bummed when they made selene just glamour and not the offensive side of sch's kit and she's not even my favorite, and for smn well lets hope DT gives us more summons, and beastmaster wouldve been cool to have a torgal or red 13 as a summon kinda like carby but actually useful, .....bad 14 carby you shame your ancestor

[rawker]

same, was bummed when they made selene just glamour and not the offensive side of sch's kit and she's not even my favorite, and for smn well lets hope DT gives us more summons, and beastmaster wouldve been cool to have a torgal or red 13 as a summon kinda like carby but actually useful, .....bad 14 carby you shame your ancestor

Giving SCH even 1 offensive pet ability will greatly improve the broil mage meta we have.

[LilimoLimomo]

In my experience with FF11, Beastmaster was one of the only classes that players would entirely solo with. So to me it really makes sense to make Beastmaster a Limited Job if they want to stay in-line with that.

[rawker]

Using the same logic, in FF11, DRK is a DPS job. In FF14, it is a tank job. So, does that mean that it makes sense that DRK should be DPS in FF14?

[LilimoLimomo]

Using the same logic, in FF11, DRK is a DPS job. In FF14, it is a tank job. So, does that mean that it makes sense that DRK should be DPS in FF14?

I'll be honest, if we're talking about FF14 I don't feel like there's much of a difference between a melee DPS and a tank. That being the case, I think it's a fairly minor change to make a DPS into a tank.

I think it's a much bigger change to take Beastmaster's distinct solo gameplay loop and translate it to function inside a party. Certainly not impossible, of course. With games, the only limitation is what the designers can dream up and the programmers can code, so technically they could do anything. But in making Beastmaster a Limited Job, it seems likely that their intent is to provide something closer to what the experience was in FF11.

[Flana]

In my experience with FF11, Beastmaster was one of the only classes that players would entirely solo with. So to me it really makes sense to make Beastmaster a Limited Job if they want to stay in-line with that.

Ah yes, a solo job that won't actually be able to solo anything of value because limited job 'end game' is outdated 8-man raids. They made the same spiel about Blue Mage being a 'solo' job and that ended up being a farce so I have no idea why anyone thinks this is going to be different. Wow you can maybe solo an ancient dungeon if they actually remember to make a Basic Instinct analogue for giggles. Cool, now get back into PF and look for those raid clears you need for any kind of reward.

[Reimmi]

Ah yes, a solo job that won't actually be able to solo anything of value because limited job 'end game' is outdated 8-man raids. They made the same spiel about Blue Mage being a 'solo' job and that ended up being a farce so I have no idea why anyone thinks this is going to be different. Wow you can maybe solo an ancient dungeon if they actually remember to make a Basic Instinct analogue for giggles. Cool, now get back into PF and look for those raid clears you need for any kind of reward.

A problem solved if the jobs could reach current max level and do eureka/bozja or palace of the dead etc. Would give them alot more content to do

[Espon]

Honestly I think keeping it as a limited job is for the best. With the way encounters are designed, the currently jobs need to fit into a strict mold just to be balanced. I love the flexibility that Blue Mage has and it's ability to fulfill any role; some of the most fun I've had recently was doing 8-man blue mage fights for Binding Coil and Alexander Savage to get the Morbol mount. It makes you look towards other strategies that you couldn't do with a regular party. I've seen people cry for Blue Mage to be made into a DPS job, but that would mean removing the thing that makes it unique just so it can be balanced.

With Beastmaster, I like the idea of being able to utilize various monsters you've tamed... kinda like a Summoner who can actually control what their pets do instead of just summoning them for a second for a nuke. I'm hoping they also allow us to tame some of the more unique monsters, such as dungeon and raid bosses that don't appear anywhere else.

I do hope they expand what content limited jobs can do, though. I see no reason why they cannot allow them to go into Deep Dungeons, Eureka, and Bozja. For deep dungeons, just make it so they get different achievements for clearing them as to not diminish the effort other people have done with regular jobs.

[rawker]

WAR can solo but isn't a limited job. Remember that.

[george357]

have played ffxi and the beastmaster job for 11 years its a decent job and and i have played ffxiv sence arr went live and we always waited till new jobs came out to try them out and see how we like them and now for the first time all we can do is act like babys and wine cry and have tantrum's about a job that is still being worked on when this new expac comes out i will be their to try out these new jobs and give feed back on the good impressions and the bad ones and not cry like some intitled baby. no wonder the company tects don't care to hear what you have to say.