Beastmasters: The Start of a New Career

Grym and Kiki started their Beastmaster careers this weekend. We spent levels 1-8 in the Sarus, and headed into Tahrongi Canyon at 9. We have really had a blast so far. The standard recommendation for BST is to solo to 10 and not even bother trying to charm, but we didn't follow that advice.

Though it's a bit slow, it was really fun to take on Tough mobs by charming a DC or EM mandy or bunny and standing back while the monsters fight each other, looking for the next pet when the mob kills the current one. It gets a little scary when you can't find a pet, or worse, fail to charm it.

We got a bit overly ambitious and tried taking on some of the crabs fished up at the cliffs in West Saru - some of those (Passage Crab?) were one-shotting our tiny mandragoras and river crab pets. Also later decided to take on a Very Tough Goblin Ambusher, and decided when it was at 50% HP we could take it on without pets. Ended up being a quick way back to Windurst. :)