Likes and Dislikes of Blue Mage

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

My Likes:
-Collecting the spells
-Customizable role and kit via aetherial mimicry and spell selection

My Dislikes:
-Spells locked behind non-soloable content
-Class quests locked behind Carnivale
-Inability to do queued content
-Lower level cap

[Shougun]

Likes:

• Using some big spells for a while, like 1k needles was a stand out moment until it got boring to spam / weak.
• Some of the combos can be fun for a while, until similar vibes creep up again.

Dislikes:

• The direction the job began. Which includes things like that the job was limited in the first place when I had wanted to main it. Or that there was a clear design for party content on a job that couldn't use (imo) that best form of partying (DF, I may use PF but I honestly will do it as a last resort only- reminds me of shouting for groups and that's not an enjoyable memory).
• The direction the job is going, although in terms of lesser 'evils' (dislikes) I dislike the newer version less but I still dislike it as I feel the job's value to me is limited and that it is limited for a limited value makes it a worse pill to swallow (not game quitting levels, but it's not a enjoyable train of thought). I can imagine some people will like this direction as they refine it so I don't want to say it's pure terrible, but I will say I don't enjoy the core concepts and direction it's promoting (I don't like having to ride hype weeks to feel complete (as some people have done, and feel good about that), waiting hours for symbiotic teamwork, or begging for free help/charity).
• Communication about this job, which has been both contradictory and limited.

Obviously I largely dislike the job as a whole, and while I've had enjoyable moments (the massive dragon's voice while leveling my chocobo, both of which got nerfed a bit lol) those moments still pale in comparison to the loss I feel in both the DF and limited department.

Not to take 'loss' as some sort of "I lost a loved one" drama, I'm annoyed at the direction taken and I'm comfortable sharing that opinion (obviously lol), but I'm also not frothing at the mouth (imo, ), nor losing sleep, and don't think someone has to be fired.

In terms of disappointment/wants with DF that should be obvious, as I'd play it like I play other jobs (and may have main-ed / secondary'd it), and in terms of limited in the sense that a 'no echo another way to play old savage content' / 'run content 100 times or pf sync only options to feel complete' has no value to me as I'd have not wanted to do that in the first place (but I would have valued a job that allowed me to solo and readily put to farm content I'd have not been able to easily farm/complete solo normally). Also on limited I feel blue mage could have been built in a way that encouraged more builds and interactions, encourage collecting and value of even just normal spells, while still having some sort of structure, and even being DF-able (and easily balance-able)... which I know my idea wont be universally accepted but one I hope to share in a few days or so.

[BubblyBoar]

Like:
Having monster spells and a legit rotation
Being able to play the job
Finding and gather spells with a reasonable learn %


Dislike:
Limited job
Tank and Healer roles tacked on. It's fine as a DPS
SE's unwillingness to make it a real job
People still not understanding why people dislike BLU

[Flay_wind]

Likes:
All the cool stuff you can learn.
Nearly 100% learning rate when going synced.
Snazzy outfit.
Grouping with other BLUs is actually fun.
Healer BLU is a lot more fun to play than an actual healer.

Dislikes:
Aside from Diamonback Tank BLU not having any personal mitigation and overall being rather squishy.
Low hit rates on death spells. LVL 5 Death should be 100%, unless enemy is immune.
As a follow-up to the above, no clear indication if the enemy is immune to death spells to begin with.
No clear indication in party finder if a BLU has mimicry on. Ideally it could show which mimicry it is.
Actually Carnivale in general and gating Angel Whisper behind completing the entirety of it (currently).
Edit: No new level 60 AF set.

[Nighthawky2010]

Likes
-Its side content to do as leisure
-some cool spells
-Blu looks great in blue & white augmented shire gear.
-Some Blu only parties are fun

Dislikes
-alot of underwhelming moves. Some just have another name but basically do the same thing.
-primal spells sharing a cooldown & re-cast times. Thats bogus.
-BLU was meant for SOLO CONTENT but cant use Blu in PotD or even squadrons...which is 100% solo content. Several squadron dungeons have spells that BLU needed to learn. SE is missing the boat with content. Some of the mobs in PotD have some great looking spells that Blu could learn like DARK BLIZZARD.
-Masked Carnivale is just boring & underwhelming to me. On lesson 9. No rush to get through it...not evening for the log book.
-alot of AOE magic spell, give more single magic spell.
-potency on these spells need to BE raised & why are ALL the spells...LEVEL 1.
-great spells overlooked. Ramuh Shock Strike is ok, but his JUDGEMENT BOLT is awesome.
-Lastly & this really bothers me. Give the damn wand STATS. Its a weapon. SE stop refering it AS glamour. Wand transform to Ramuh's wand when using shocking strike.

[Destati]

Likes:
- The customization potential in building a moveset.
- Not having to worry about a set rotation; you can pretty much do what you like and go HAM.
- The 100% learn rate with synced content.
- Having reason to go back out into zones from older expansions to learn new moves.

Dislikes:
- Still Limited Job, but I've come to terms with it at this point. Sort of.
- BLU still feels weak and nerfed to the ground despite being touted as an "overpowered job".
- Angel Whisper, with its 5-minute cooldown despite working the exact same way as any other raise (and the fact that it's locked behind the completion of the Masked Carnivale, besides). Why is this? So BLUs don't go around blowing themselves up during raids and reviving each other? Well that isn't exactly possible, thanks to a certain debuff...
- Brush With Death. The "No Fun Allowed" debuff.
- Primal moves sharing cooldowns, especially since it gives little indication of which moves share them.
- Limited to 24 moves, which is going to feel more difficult to work with as new moves are added.
- Not as many moves are learned in the Open World in proportion to those learned in instances as I would like. ("Solo Class")
- The Morbol mount being locked behind such horrendous requirements. To this day Nael is still tricky to beat even unsynced, and they expect Blue Mages to do that and all the other savage raids synced and without the Echo?! I'm sorry, but that's downright psychopathic.
- The Masked Carnivale. Sure, some of the fights were fun and interesting, but most have had to be the most frustrating fights I have ever had to engage in since I started playing this game. It hardly felt gratifying to finally get all the rewards for completing it at the end, just a crummy sense of relief.

[Maero]

Dislikes : That stupid freaking level 25 fight in which btw you must clear in order for the class quests or whatever to unlock.
That fight, the boss is such a cheap cheating a-hole, lol


Other then that i actually enjoy blu

[JamieRose]

Likes - Versatile gameplay.
BLU parties are fun.
New approaches for dungeons.

Dislikes - THE GOD DAMNED MASKED CARNIVAL! - There is no worse content in this game except for PVP. The carnival is anti-fun incarnate and whoever designed it should be fired! Been throwing myself at #29 for 4 hours now and I'm ready to declare it unwinnable. I've watched videos. I've augmented my gear. I've read guides. I've done this thing over 100 times and I CAN'T FREAKING CLEAR IT!!!

Also Lack of duty queue, pointless level cap, that's all been remarked upon. I just really wanted to stress how much the carnival has ruined one of my favorite final fantasy classes...

[MOZZYSTAR]

I've only gotten to level 37 on my alt and I don't think I've unlocked that masked carnival yet but so far my impressions are...
Like
• Collecting spell
• Spell book/log
• Being able to choose which spells I have on my hotbar (honestly, I like this so much that I'd be fine if they stopped weeding out skills for regular classes and basically let us customise how we choose to play our class)
• Being able to pretty much solo open world content...with my chocobo
But that's the same with all other classes


Dislike
• There are a lot of repeating, useless, almost flavour text spells... that either result in a stun of some sort or sleeping effect (no class needs that many stuns, SE)
• 1000 needles takes an insanely long time to cast without swiftcast
• 1000 needles is "OP" before level 28 or something, then it effectly gets weaker and weaker... despite being dependent on it atm
(I think I'm supposed to transition to Ram's voice(?) now??? But it's big and awkward and maybe I'm just bad at BLU, lol)
• I need to run dungeons and trials with OTHER people to get skills when it's supposed to be a solo class
• And yet I can't enroll in DF to help out with that issue
• It's a limited class
• It's pretty weak and doesn't have much going for it despite being "too OP to DF"