[dev1042] Sad Day

[Leonlionheart]

BLU is literally getting everything there is.

[Prothscar]

We're not getting everything there is, and what we do get is not of full potency usually or can only be self casted.

We are however getting some possibly useful spells for a change. Quadrastrike might be decent on high level NMs where Heavy Strike could have been if the crit rate is decent, and the breaths are likely to be useful as well. The HNM spells will be fun toys at best, on a 5 minute timer they cannot be relied upon for anything serious. If anyone wants to really complain about something like Pyric Bulwark, I suggest they get with a VWLS that doesn't suck balls and can handle getting the temp KIs, you'll likely have physical shield up 60~70% of the time anyway.

This won't make BLU much more powerful in the grand scheme of things, but it will make it more balanced toward actual DDs. We still have to rely on our tight MP pools to cast these spells which are very expensive, the cheapest being 54 MP disregarding Counterstance and Wind Breath which will likely be toned down to match the cost. People who think that BLU is already an all-star DD and overpowered baffle me, as that is not the case at all. Play the job yourself in a serious endgame setting for more than 10 minutes and you'll realize that anything we get is usually watered down and usually has other restrictions that makes the spell difficult to use or useless entirely.

Now they just need to work on other jobs that are in a similar spot.

Also @ Leo, you're a WAR, what in god's name do you have to complain about? It's already the most ridiculous job there is.

[Siiri]

BLU is literally getting everything there is.

It's crazy. WTH are the developers thinking? 13 new spells for blue and most other mages get 1? they need to spend time on more than 1 job before they release notes.

[Alhanelem]

some of you seem tof ail to realize that blu can't use all of those things at once. They get so much stuff because they have to choose a limited slection of that stuff at any one time. Especially on the unbridled learning spells- That's a lot of spells sharing the same timer.

[Prothscar]

Is this really that surprising? BLU gets 9~10 spells every time, that's how the job has always worked. They really probably don't even spend much time on the spells. Again, nothing that BLU has received has ever made it an applicable source of damage on most anything that's worth a shit. Regurgitation on Voidwatch NMs is the closest thing, and Chant du Cygne is and probably will remain our most powerful source of physical damage. You're looking at the written effects of the spells and drawing conclusions off of that.

Asuran Claws, a 6-hit physical spell. Sounds bad ass right? No. It's absolutely atrocious and costs 81 MP. The same could happen with any of these, and even if it doesn't, they will not be powerful enough that the MP cost and delay from casting the spell will not offset the damage done. You people are far too nearsighted.

We can't even use all of our spells at once, my points are already all taken up especially with our incredibly debilitating role through proccing, adding these new spells will be next to impossible.

[Leonlionheart]

I'm saying BLU is getting everything there is, because they are getting everything there is. Not complaining that it will even be close to useful @ endgame (it never has been very useful because of level correction on physical blue magic, other than procs and fun tanking strategies).

BLU literally has everything that every other job has, just to a lesser extent. Defense Buffs are probably the only area where BLU really has more than any other job.

The job isn't close to overpowered, and it deserves what it gets (it's was my third job to 75 at that cap, and was my favorite job ever at the time 35k/hour meripos and 15k/hour solo can you hear me?). Just saying that it now officially has everything.

[Alhanelem]

The job isn't close to overpowered

Except in Ballista, where everyone is even match or less.

[Leonlionheart]

Except in Ballista, where everyone is even match or less.

The fact that it has everything to suit itself in any situation is what really shines in Ballista. AoE Silence+Blind, AoE Flash, AoE Physical that wipes shadows+Stun, Heavy damage multi hits, 5~20 second stuns, it's hard to lose if you prepare correctly on BLU.

[Siiri]

It's not so much that Blue is getting overpowered, they just get so much. The title is very appropriate, but not just for red mage, for almost all the jobs. Unless they holding back and releasing new spells later, its just all so underwhelming. Where is meteor? Where is the red mage new powerful enfeebles? Where is drk's final new powerful drk spell? And that is just the tip of the iceberg. Every job should be excited for 99, right now its blue and bst and maybe smn from this update notes. Just sad.

[Lilia]

Where is the red mage new powerful enfeebles?

GRAVITY II