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Babystepzzz

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I'm just starting up BST and was wondering if any high level BSTs had any tips. Where to exp and when, what to fight and what not to fight. Things like that. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
I recommend Allakhazam's BST Board, which is actually a pretty nice community of helpful people. There's not nearly as much "You're a retard" comments as the other job boards seem to have.

The only tip I'll give you for now is that jug pets are meant to save your ass in an emergency. If I see you running around and only using jug pets to kill things, I'll point and laugh. You're a Beastmaster, so charm things and use them to do your killing for you.
 
Halifirien said:
I recommend Allakhazam's BST Board, which is actually a pretty nice community of helpful people. There's not nearly as much "You're a retard" comments as the other job boards seem to have.

The only tip I'll give you for now is that jug pets are meant to save your ass in an emergency. If I see you running around and only using jug pets to kill things, I'll point and laugh. You're a Beastmaster, so charm things and use them to do your killing for you.
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Don’t listen to what Hal said… he’s a retard ><

Kidding Hal

The Alla boards are real good for the beginning bst. Check it out when you get a moment.

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.html?fjob=8;mid=1146951284124507219;num=29;page=1
That’s a compilation of all the good info you need for starting out. Hopefully it helps. The Bst Anthologies listed on the lvl’ing locations is real good for scoping out hopeful areas.

Only word of advice I can think of is don’t be afraid to wear subligars. No one’s gonna see it.
 
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org

has nice camps i used it. as well as basic info on the job. Remember though that all camps will not suit you and the best camps are the ones you find by yourself.
 
At 23 it's ok for every fresh or new bst to call out couriecarrie once or twice, and admire her godlyness, but please do not waste your money on stacks of it until 55. Use the normal crabs until then. Too many new bsts (me too back then ^^) think that she is the almighty at early levels, only to have her blown up by a goblin leecher =( ... Pro money saving advice =)
 
If you happen to get XP parties, just a thing to note: /DRG makes a better subjob than /WAR from L20-30, since all /WAR gets you is Provoke. /DRG will get you 10acc, which can be incredibly useful during that time (DRK can be used in the same fashion, but for +10att. Doesn't seem quite as useful, though.).

And try not to sub WHM if you get XP parties unless the group is somewhat short on healing. =P
 
Also, if you can find a duo partner...things go lots smoother, and funner too!
 
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Also, if you can find a duo partner...things go lots smoother, and funner too!
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Sure is better than doing it yourself all the time. Unless they're not good at it...and trying to show em how it's done is just sortof awkward...
 
Mishaela said:
Sure is better than doing it yourself all the time. Unless they're not good at it...and trying to show em how it's done is just sortof awkward...
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Yeah, teaching a new BST how to pl-HEY I C WAT U DID THAR!
 
Don't join a normal party because in doing so you defeat the purpose of the job and do not "learn2play". Also, always have an escape route.
 
Strid said:
Don't join a normal party because in doing so you defeat the purpose of the job and do not "learn2play". Also, always have an escape route.
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Forced to disagree. You can only learn so much from soloing and there's some things you can only learn from partying. =\
 
Mishaela said:
Forced to disagree. You can only learn so much from soloing and there's some things you can only learn from partying. =\
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Like what? Soloing is much harder and challenging. If you want to play in a normal party, roll a Warrior. If you have a job already in the 30's, you've got party basics down pat, already...
 
Primarily stuff like charm pull or having pet hold off adds that may otherwise be unsleepable. Most of the use coming from partying is learning to work with others, really, as...well...many BSTs I've seen lack the ability to do teamwork, even at 75. And it goes both ways, really. Few want to work with BSTs because they don't know how, and viceversa.
 
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Few pieces of advice.

Get good gear. Your pets will not make fun of you if you are gimp to all hell, but your exp won't be as good.

Exp where the money mobs are. :P You'll come out happier when you go home with 15 antican pauldrons instead of 15 rock salts.

In the beginning, charm an EM and rape all the EP&DC mobs in sight.

More later, possibly.
 
Be aware that you are playing beast for a sense of accomplishment. It's a hard job and you die alot. I mean sometimes you can spend six hours xping then die three times in a row for failed charms and you are back where you started.

Another thing, most end game linkshells rank bst as a very low priority job, and in Dynamis your pet can really fuck things up. LOL

The ONLY charm gear I ever found to make a noticable difference is Apollo's staff. You don't have to pimp out to be a good bst.

One last note... BST is a pretty tight knit community and we respect each other instead of competing with each other. Always put your area and postion in your search comment so some other bst doesn't come all the way out to find you there. This is a problem because most bsts don't steal or infringe on another bst's camp. It should be reasonable tho... Cape Terrigan can support two or three bsts if all the players are polite. If you make friends you can join up for bigger kills.

I hope you have great fun.. try to keep your sense of humor cuz you are gonna need it.
 
Another piece of advice: Get used to death. Death is a HUGE part of bst, and aside from dinging 35, I'd have to say that the biggest wall to overcome is learning to not give a damn about death.

Instead, laugh. Laugh, and then think: why did that kill me? What did I do wrong? In most cases it will have been your fault, and instead of getting pissed off you can actually learn something from it.

And some deaths are just downright funny. Every now and then you run into a gm commandeered bunny, or mike tyson in an animal costume. These will kick your ass. They usually find you when you're about to ding or shortly after you dinged. If they kick your ass, get up and get your revenge. If they kill you again, call out a high level friend to kill it (I actually had to ask Kaleia to kill a wicked mean bunny for me once after dying 3 times back-to-back against it, but that was as blu).

Oh, one more thing. Do not go without reraise. If your reraise goes down, put it back up. Don't think "I will put it back up after this chain" because you will certainly die a most greusome death. If you do die, call on your bst or whm friends to raise you, but DO NOT be a cheapskate and let this happen repeatedly. There was a bst who was in theflock who would do this REPEATEDLY. DO NOT do this. People will start ignoring anything you have to say.

Another point, even if you are having a good day and never mischarming on anything, and even if it's lightsday, if you are trying to charm a linking mob (mandragora, rabbit, etc) that's standing next to another linking mob or two or three, YOU WILL MISSCHARM AND DIE. Just be patient and wait for it to move. I swear to god GM's have a mischarm button and they just wait for the situation to arise. They find amusement in watching beastmasters get their asses kicked by 5 mandragoras.

Maybe more tips later. I swear most 75bst's could probably write a book on the topic. So much to learn getting to 75, and still so much more to learn even at 75.
 
Also, don't forget the hidden traits BST get. Them being, if you're within 1000xp of levelling up or delevelling, the odds you mischarm multiple times or get a link are increased by 50%. Also, for every 10% you are into your level, you lose 5% base acc. These two traits tend to make the final chunks of XP on BST the most fun, and by most fun I mean you're gonna become a connoisseur of dirt.


Late edit, but lesse the grammar nazis get me now!
 
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Dirt, sand, ice, snow. It all tastes the same to me. :P
 
Mishaela said:
Late edit, but -->lesse<-- the grammar nazis get me now!
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OMG LEARN TO SPELL!!!
 
Mishaela said:
Late edit, but lesse the grammar nazis get me now!
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awwww D:

you're no fun
 
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