Let's Make a Deal, SE!

[Camate]

Greetings,

When it comes to adjustments that extend the effect duration of buffs, we need to look into this very carefully because blue mages have access to Diffusion, and there is a concern that the support capability may become too powerful for short battles.

However, as blue mages need to auto-attack and perform other physical attacks, we understand that they are losing out on damage when they need to reapply buffs, especially in the current times where the pace of battle is speeding up. As such, we would like to make improvements.

For example, we’d like to make it so buffs can be reapplied in a shorter amount of time by adding a fast cast job trait that can be acquired through blue magic sets and we would also like to add more equipment for blue mages that has fast cast.

[Rubicant82]

Greetings,

When it comes to adjustments that extend the effect duration of buffs, we need to look into this very carefully because blue mages have access to Diffusion, and there is a concern that the support capability may become too powerful for short battles.

Deal part two: Modify Diffusion to no longer be "apply this buff to party members" but "adds 20% duration per merit of next blue made buff".
There problem solved, and then BLU would get a perpetuation like ability on a 10m timer or whatever it is. problem solved.

[Olor]

Greetings,

When it comes to adjustments that extend the effect duration of buffs, we need to look into this very carefully because blue mages have access to Diffusion, and there is a concern that the support capability may become too powerful for short battles.

However, as blue mages need to auto-attack and perform other physical attacks, we understand that they are losing out on damage when they need to reapply buffs, especially in the current times where the pace of battle is speeding up. As such, we would like to make improvements.

For example, we’d like to make it so buffs can be reapplied in a shorter amount of time by adding a fast cast job trait that can be acquired through blue magic sets and we would also like to add more equipment for blue mages that has fast cast.

Please understand, no one invites us to a party to apply 1 buff. Even if the buff lasted 3 minutes, the buff is just "OK" it would still not get us invited to parties. I know the development team is very concerned BLU might become a viable job, but increasing buff duration is going to make us fall behind less, not pull ahead.

[Tennotsukai]

Greetings,

When it comes to adjustments that extend the effect duration of buffs, we need to look into this very carefully because blue mages have access to Diffusion, and there is a concern that the support capability may become too powerful for short battles.

However, as blue mages need to auto-attack and perform other physical attacks, we understand that they are losing out on damage when they need to reapply buffs, especially in the current times where the pace of battle is speeding up. As such, we would like to make improvements.

For example, we’d like to make it so buffs can be reapplied in a shorter amount of time by adding a fast cast job trait that can be acquired through blue magic sets and we would also like to add more equipment for blue mages that has fast cast.

Thanks for the reply, Camate! Though, on to what you were saying about Blue Mages getting a fast cast job trait, we already have one. It's horrible to say the least. Just to obtain tier 1 normal fast cast we need to equip 15 points of blue magic points into our already completely filled spell slots. I know what you're thinking...that's a tier 2 fast cast for us. Unfortunately, our fast cast is equivalent to half of a rdm fast cast so we're only getting red mage's fast cast 1 by setting 15 points worth of spells.

Next, maybe we could strike a different deal on top of the previous deal. Change Diffusion back to what it was before. Every merit reducing recast time on Diffusion. That way if you guys do decide to let us merit that more it will be so much better than putting more merits into it now.

Also, it is true casting times are rather poor for most of our buff spells. Nature's Meditation is the only one exception to this, but when we are in the pace of an expedient battle and receiving buffs from bards/cors the duration of Nature's Meditation becomes an issue then.

Fast cast has not and will never fix our poor durations of our spells. Please, ask the Dev team to simply make adjustments where they absolutely have to in order for these spells to have better durations and maybe even casting times. Durations are more important to us though.

[Ravenmore]

Greetings,

When it comes to adjustments that extend the effect duration of buffs, we need to look into this very carefully because blue mages have access to Diffusion, and there is a concern that the support capability may become too powerful for short battles.

However, as blue mages need to auto-attack and perform other physical attacks, we understand that they are losing out on damage when they need to reapply buffs, especially in the current times where the pace of battle is speeding up. As such, we would like to make improvements.

For example, we’d like to make it so buffs can be reapplied in a shorter amount of time by adding a fast cast job trait that can be acquired through blue magic sets and we would also like to add more equipment for blue mages that has fast cast.

OMG wouldn't want blu to be wanted for anything now would we. It is total BS when schs and brds can already do this for short fights and be more effective then most blu buffs. You know and we know excuses when we hear them.

[Sasaraixx]

Does Diffusion work with UL spells? Perhaps that is what they are afraid of. It still seems like a non-issue to me and apparently everyone else.

It's also baffling because if they are worried about BLU's support side becoming too powerful (let's pretend for argument sake that this is a valid concern), there are so many ways they could counter this. They could add a duration penalty to diffusion, create a trait that extends duration for self cast blue magic, or add a piece of gear that doubles duration of blue enhancing magic received (reforged Mavi anyone?). There are so many options.

Adding more tiers of fast cast or more fast cast gear is definitely NOT the way to go. Some of the spells already cast very quickly and the job already can't equip all of the traits and spells it needs to.

I don't think a corresponding post was made in the JP forum (I'll check), but I have a feeling no one would be I favor of this adjustment over longer duration.

[Olor]

I don't think a corresponding post was made in the JP forum (I'll check), but I have a feeling no one would be I favor of this adjustment over longer duration.

JP BLU forum is deader than dead. No wonder this job gets so little love.