There are no set rules in this game, and you'll see no love from bsts for these let alone any set rules for party-beastmaster interactions.
While some of this actually has facts most is misguided at fronting Bsts > All. (I believe it, but I certainly wouldn't say it so vehemently as the original poster.)
I know plenty of Bsts who when in the heat of battle with a NM that was just stolen say MPK along with a tirade of cusses. I have only known one who has went through with it (unsuccessful though, but regardless it was an attempt.) Every Bst I've known in duo/trio/chat has gone out of our way to make safe xp spots for us, and any adjacent parties. My figures tend to conflict with the original posters 90% LS. This quote tends to point at an exaggeration in my opinion:
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Let me break it down for you why we do mpk (those of us that do mpk). Even though many bst disagree with mpking there are many that do.
If you're going to tell people how we pull, fight, charm, or what have you then why start with saying "NEVER steal a beastmasters pet," or "NEVER take a exp pull from a beastmaster". Why not skip the excess garbage of threats, and say something oh maybe like:
Beastmaster's Pet:
We survive through our pets. Many times Bsts will convert a zoo into Decent Challenge or Even Match pets (5-15 minutes if we're lucky). After level 35 every Bst I've known uses the same pet over and over except against suicidal bombs. Taking a bst's pet can kill the beastmaster especially if we are forced to hot swap to another pet and its not there.
If they want information point them to the Bst forum. We've had many posts from newcomers as to how helpful the community is, and we generally keep it that way. The most inflammatory thread I remember seeing was /whm, or /nin.
Rule #2 flies this way and that so I have no true idea what the original/wanted intent is. If we're pulling a mob from a linking group then we will only have the hate of being acknowledged by the mob. Our target darts away from the linking group, with little more than intent to kill the pet's previous owner. Even a whiff of an arrow has pulled this off me. If it's mid-battle then there's a chance of it sticking to me longer. This is of course if Bsts didn't run a fine line of hate management. We keep our hate line to a minimum especially around any linking mobs (I've never known otherwise, but I'm sure there are some risk takers who play differently).
The exact opposite has occurred many more times than what was posted. A passerby will send a friendly cure only to have to tank the pet for 30+ seconds because we can't put hate back to our pet (Sic is iffy when fighting amidst other mobs). I myself have never been killed by someone trying to pull my target off me, and hate still being on my character. Then again maybe I'm not that unlucky to have that experience.
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2. The second method of pulling is to charm the mob we want to fight. We take it to our camp, release the mob and charm our pet. Then we begin the actual fight for the exp. This method is quite often used more when it is a long pull. This allows us the guarentee there will be NO link keeping us and you the party safe in that zone.
Informative and it is virtually free of any threats, or snide remarks. Nice job. This is also our method of power leveling on charmable mobs called "Power Pulling".
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Whether you like it or not we are solo and we have little defence to the partys, farmers that are around us. Believe me if I could I would lvl somewhere all by myself but that is impossible to do.
It's not little defense when you're prompting parties "I will wipe you out if you ruin my exp." Secondly if you have the skill-up parties, coffer parties, and farmers invading your space then why not look harder for alternative xp spots. I know it can be frustrating at times, but many times it's needed to settle for second best. Bombs in Garliage's basement or Skeletons in Toraimarai Canal comes to mind from my experience. Virtually empty zone w/ 9 (NINE!) coffers popped solely by me while leveling in the Canal because I left the basement. This is when you'll see my post for Toraimarai Canal in the Bst Anthologies. As such The Bst Anthologies and Durginn's threads are not Bst bibles as of yet. They still need input on current/future solo/duo spots from adventurous Bsts.
Every Bst, AND party I've known through lower levels has dealt with farmers. Some farmers don't care, and others *shudder* listen to reason. Many times while leveling solo at lower levels on Bst, Thf/Bst, and Nin/Bst I've /telled farmers politely to please let me exp too. Many have accepted, and obliged. It won't work with every farmer, and if you're faced with a persistent farmer that won't quit I've either found a new exp spot locally or even /pol-logout, and made something to eat. If they might be verging on harrassment call a GM. Farming is one thing, but trailing someone preventing play of the game is another.
I too have helped many a coffer seeker, or raise needer, but never have I put that same burden onto players not related to the ones I've helped. Just because you helped others doesn't mean your magnanimous reputation is announced when you zone everywhere.
Why must there be Party Etiquette, and Bst Etiquette? I'd say there's only player etiquette, and be done with it. We all pay the monthly fee to play the game. Why treat anyone else differently because of job, race, or sex?
If every bst acted out as rashly as the original poster I'd have a lot fewer friends on my Flist. Every time I've xp'ed in a party prevelant zone I'll come away with a slew of questions by at least one person who's extremely curious about this job, out job. I have met a non-Bst before I had to take a break from the game for a couple months, and when I come back I get a /tell "I don't know if you remember me ... I'm now a 55 Bst." Why ruin this by tainting every Bst with
Why ruin the reputation of every bst I know by claiming 90% of my LS ergo majority of Bsts can and will mpk at the drop of a hat? Why? Because you
are here to complain, grumble, and find sympathy.
With this being said I have no answer to the title. I've never mpk'ed, and don't plan to.
If you're trying to be anonymous then I'm afraid you've likely failed. This Bst LS appears to likely be a rather large section of NA Bsts. There is a sticky in our very own Bst forum for Bst LS's by server found
here. I hate one thing more than mpk'ing, and that's anonymous Bsts. Be proud of your job, and let people know who, and what you're about. If you don't like being branded mpk then why cause any confusion. Stick your reputation to your name, and be proud of what you've done.
In the end they'll all turn Bst. /sea all bst is much, much higher than it was when I was a level 1 Bst.