Another thread arose complaining about how they nerfed it. One person posted an idea I liked
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Originally Posted by Epinephrine
Option two: make it scale from 0..2..3 or 1..2..3 or some such, but make it +0..2..3 damage per attack, per BM skill on the bar. At 12 BM and 4 pet skills it'd deliver +8 damage (+2, for 4 attack skills) per attack, but at 13 or 14 BM (depending on scaling) with 5 pet skills it'd jump up to +15 per attack (+3 damage, 5 BM skills on bar), and for real BM types with 6 or 7 pet skills it could offer huge +18 or +21 damage bonuses, as they are limited to the underpowered pet. Yeah, it'd be powerful, but pets are underpowered, and only true BM builds would be able to take advantage of it - not thumpers. This type of scaling bonus is seen with the warrior skill that hits for more with each signet on the bar, and in reverse is seen on skills like Wastrel's Demise that hit per spell on the bar - so we know that the mechanism is possible, and it does exactly what you want - smaller bonus for passive pet users and thumpers, bigger bonus for BM types.
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I don't care so much about the increased energy cost, or the reduced duration but the damage did bother me a bit.
Scaled damage from 1-3 damage per beast mastery skill, with +3 damage per skill occurring at 14 beast mastery. So with 6 or 7 beast mastery skills at 14 beast mastery you can add 18 or 21 damage (around the same as before). All the while limiting other non beastmasters.
Beastmasters would have their cake, and be the only ones who can eat all of it.
