is there a pet class?

[Weasel699]

i havent played since the one that was on ps2 and xbox360 and it had a beastmaster tamer guy who could tame animals...is there anything like that in the new one? i just got a 2nd hard drive for my pic and some extra money and i was thinking of picking this up. i liked the other one but at the time of it i had money problems and had to take care of my dad..never got out of the money problem till after it got shut down

[Ruse]

Summoner. Though I doubt you'd like it.

[Weasel699]

Originally posted by Cherry baked Alaska:

Summoner. Though I doubt you'd like it.

k. wonder why they didnt add it back in. i think wow and maybe ultima online are the only games i can rember that had a pet tamer class thing in it

[Hezz]

Summoner / Scholar is still a pet class, just they very recently changed it so your pet's more an extension of you rather than their own entity. They're still there, they still attack on their own and move around, but they no longer have health bars and their special attacks are now attached to your abilities rather than being on their own pet bar.

In some ways its a good change, as the pet bar was rather clunky and trying to get them to do something sometimes had delay issues as they'd queue it behind their own attacks, but it's also not great as it also removed several of the intricacies of pet management and made them more like a fancy DoT. If you haven't played Summoner before the likelihood that you'll enjoy it is much higher than someone who mained Summoner and enjoyed dealing with the Pet mechanics, but either way, YMMV.

Mind you, there's nothing like WoW's Hunter or anything where you could tame whatever pet you want out in the wild, you get given specific pets as you level up to work with. They do this both for lore reasons and for mechanic reasons. Square really wants to ensure that you'll always know exactly what your other party members will have when you get into a group with them, which is why Blue Mage is a limited job, so when you get into a group with a Summoner or a Scholar, you'll know what pets they have and what tools they have at their disposal.

[⑨ ChocolateMystia]

Currently as mentioned Summoner and Scholar are the classes with proper pets.

However, a while ago there were some rumors and datamining about some kind of Beast Master type class.

[Weasel699]

interesting. i usually do like warlocks or necros rogue/thieves necros archers hunter/beastmaster type classes lol so i dunno i remeber in the other one i got stuck being healer all the time and promised to be helped get the other jobs but then no one would take me eventhough i player healer for their partys lol

[★Brosef]

Just know that the Beast Master may be a sort of "joke" class like the Blue Mage is.

[Weasel699]

Originally posted by ★ Brosef:

Just know that the Beast Master may be a sort of "joke" class like the Blue Mage is.

if they put it in great if not then hey. but since the new expansion isnt out till friday? i guess i'll wait till next time i get out to pick up the whole game lol is thief in the game?

[SecretPotato]

Originally posted by Weasel699:

Originally posted by ★ Brosef:

Just know that the Beast Master may be a sort of "joke" class like the Blue Mage is.

if they put it in great if not then hey. but since the new expansion isnt out till friday? i guess i'll wait till next time i get out to pick up the whole game lol is thief in the game?

Expansion is already out.

[Lord Doober De La Goober MXI]

Originally posted by ★ Brosef:

Just know that the Beast Master may be a sort of "joke" class like the Blue Mage is.

oof, who even asked for another mini-game class?

[kopput]

I would say no. FF14 doesn't have a pet class anymore