I support good Beastmasters ^_^ The ones I know or come across (Richardb, Bearclaw, Altrusit, Healthy, Burner) are all good people. Yes I met "bad" beastmasters before, but they are of minority.
I think a lot of people like to find scapegoat when something in the PT not going right, and Beastmaster got targeted a lot of times. IMO, it is not really that hard to tell what mobs not to pull if there are Beastmasters around -- unfull HP monsters etc. And I really hate people take the fast seat to blame BST if BST made a mistake -- heh, I screwed up before as BRD or WHM and the whole PT wiped (i.e. I MPKed my PT members), I apologized and move on. Not allowing a BST to mess up, it is like not allowing another player to be imperfect. That is why I am against power leveling, it creates underskilled players which increases the chance of mistakes in the future.
A lot of hatred against BST is the mentality... my PT > soloing BST. For your information, there are really no rules about owning a camp, or claiming monsters. There are unwritten rules of courtesey, but that is subject to honor system. And I think a good PT leader always check ahead (to a camp) to see how crowded it is or are there BSTs around, and also to research alternate camp sites. It is not fair to the BST to say "my PT came, and you begone because my PT exp is more important than yours!" Camping over other PTs or over crowded spots are also no-win game.
A common hotseat of BSTs taking pets is the Garliage Citadel high 40s / low 50s camp. If you see there are PTs there or BSTs there already, one has the choice to go to other alternate leveling spot. Crawler's Nest, Quicksand Caves, K R Tombs, and even Sea Serpent Grotto...
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