Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
It is absolutely not required or even remarkable for single monster boss fights, which are plentiful in the game. You can argue people still do it for the sake of convenience, but BLU isn't even the only job that can give you an AoE, either. There are definitely other ways to do this, especially with certain other jobs in a party.

Is an AoE spell native to PLD necessairly bad idea? of course not. But I don't see it increasing subjob diversity, people will just switch to whatever the new best option is (Presumably WAR unless NIN is ever useful anymore)- and that option will likely be universal regardless of situation whereas BLU is only remarkable if you need to hold AoE hate. And saying it "deserves it" is a step too far, no job "deserves" any particular change unless the job is wholly inferior to another job with the same practical role in a party.

So I don't really see a change that simply swaps the "only serious sub" for another job that will become the "only serious sub" as an improvement.
I understand your perspective, but SE did acknowledge the gap in PLD's AoE spells by giving them Banishga... it's a start, but I think we need something better.