Why doesn't Blue Mage have a Limit Break option?

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Originally Posted by MellowMink

That would actually be a great place to learn that as an acquired trait, although it does mean that you would need at least one tank (that isn't a blue mage) in the party in order to survive the Limit Break attack.

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BLU can already survive raids that require tank LBs.
Diamond Back + Mighty Guard is quite impressive.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

Considering we'll probably be able to fight Seat of Sacrifice during EW, perhaps the chance to learn it has yet to come.

But that being said you have Final Sting, Diamond Back, and while White Wind doesn't raise it's still very op.

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We already had the opportunity to learn limit break, so I'm not sure Seat of Sacrifice will teach it. Omega M and F use limit breaks too.

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Originally Posted by DPZ2

In what content does a BLU actually require a limit break? Is it that hard to get through that remaining 4-9% of damage in an unsynced instance?

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BLU already has a lot more tools than it actually needs tbh. At this point people mainly play it to find fun and broken solutions to everything, so more fun and broken options couldn't hurt.

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Originally Posted by AziraSyuren

BLU already has a lot more tools than it actually needs tbh. At this point people mainly play it to find fun and broken solutions to everything, so more fun and broken options couldn't hurt.

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Fun? No.

Broken? Yes, if they reduce the number of decent choices one has to play around with.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

BLU can already survive raids that require tank LBs.
Diamond Back + Mighty Guard is quite impressive.

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LB3 tank is 80%.
Diamondback is 90%.

More than impressive, it's busted.
The only weakness to BLU is the limited raising but again, so many ways to cheese mechanics.
No wonder it's not allowed in UCOB and UWU, those fights would be way easier.

They need a Limited Breaker

We just need to learn Shockwave Pulsar.

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Originally Posted by CKNovel

LB3 tank is 80%.
Diamondback is 90%.

More than impressive, it's busted.
The only weakness to BLU is the limited raising but again, so many ways to cheese mechanics.
No wonder it's not allowed in UCOB and UWU, those fights would be way easier.

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I did neglect to mention in my last reply that Diamondback is really useful and could work for the Seat of Sacrifice trial as well, but I do want to note that the spell is still technically different from a Tank LB3 for two main reasons:

1. It only takes effect for the caster, not all eight party members
2. You can't do anything else, including canceling the effect, while it's active, whereas you can still attack and do other things during a Tank LB3

This is also only talking about a tank effect; there are still DPS and Healer versions to consider. The easiest starting approach though would be to just have a DPS Limit Break option since the overall job is categorized and colored as a DPS job.

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Originally Posted by DPZ2

In what content does a BLU actually require a limit break? Is it that hard to get through that remaining 4-9% of damage in an unsynced instance?

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You could say that about any job though, with the extremely rare exception of a tiny number of synced instances that require a timed Tank LB. Healer and DPS jobs don't ever absolutely need an LB ability to clear an instance, but it's fun to have and gives the action purpose across all jobs, especially if things unexpectedly go wrong and the party needs to quickly adjust; nobody wants to have to use a Healer LB before an instance starts, for example, but it sometimes becomes helpful as a backup plan.

I don't see why Blue Mage should be a weird exception to the rule.