BLU QoL and future additions you would like

I really dont think it'd be that hard to add weapons (with scaling stats) that change you from BLT/BLH/BLD, seperate BLU classes for the three roles. Just toss 3-5 basic abilities tied to the role (tank stance/decent heal/dps boost) and cast all others from the spellbook. Nerf some of the more broken skills, and now BLU is a normal class.

What broken skills?

Stuff like diamondback would need a cool down, otherwise you could spam invincibility in normal content

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Originally Posted by Waystone

Nerf some of the more broken skills, and now BLU is a normal class.

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I did ask that we refrain from "BLU should be a normal class" comments. Yeah, the devs could nerf those skills, give BLU a normal toolkit and 3 different weapons to make it 3 different jobs, but thats not what BLU is and goes against what BLU is designed to be.

What makes BLU special is the strategising around its abilities, as a tank, knowing how to compensate for the lack of health using diamondback and working through these flaws is the most fun I've had in old content in a long time. Thats what BLU is supposed to be, and those skills are what make the job special.

Yes, the way mimicry works right now isn't great, and yes, additional mimicry enhanced skills that give each role more identity would be great, but trying to turn BLU into a "normal class" isn't what BLU is about. Playing BLU at endgame is like nothing else the game offers right now.

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Originally Posted by Waystone

Stuff like diamondback would need a cool down, otherwise you could spam invincibility in normal content

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Spam invincibility in what way?

It costs 3000mp, and you can't deal any damage during its 10 second window.

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Originally Posted by Lambdafish

I did ask that we refrain from "BLU should be a normal class" comments. Yeah, the devs could nerf those skills, give BLU a normal toolkit and 3 different weapons to make it 3 different jobs, but thats not what BLU is and goes against what BLU is designed to be.

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While I get this is intended to improve the comment we have, I must argue a few things with this response and it's not what you might think. It's not a complaint on it being a normal job, shocker.

What is BLU designed to be? Because as it stands, it's confusing to most people.

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What makes BLU special is the strategising around its abilities, as a tank, knowing how to compensate for the lack of health using diamondback and working through these flaws is the most fun I've had in old content in a long time. Thats what BLU is supposed to be, and those skills are what make the job special.

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The thing is, that's not any different than any other job then. Also, you shouldn't be using diamondback for a lack of health but using it to prevent or mitigate massive damage that might put you in a disadvantageous situation with your health and strategizing when to use them given the skill of your party, upcoming attacks, and positioning where you are. How is that any different from what you do with BLU with what you said?

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Yes, the way mimicry works right now isn't great, and yes, additional mimicry enhanced skills that give each role more identity would be great, but trying to turn BLU into a "normal class" isn't what BLU is about. Playing BLU at endgame is like nothing else the game offers right now.

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Okay, one moment. I find your reasoning for no "normal class" discussion kind of a cop-out. Just because it's not "what its about" in the game as it is, does not mean people cannot wish or say "hey. Can we get this?" to SE anyway. I'd prefer it the normal class way but saying "isn't what BLU is about" is just closed-minded. Now I agree with the "no 'normal class' discussion" because it's kind of overplayed and there's other threads for it, and I'll stick to those if I were to do that.

As for ideas of my own, I personally would ask that the game gives BLU and identity. Is it a mimic that can do anything? Is it solo content? Is it group content? Is it intended as a challenge for those who did the savage content prior? Because all of these feel like just ideas thrown at a wall and all of them don't feel like pieces that belong together.

I, personally, would focus on one concept and only that. If this is intended as group content cut the instant death skills, but still buff other skills pretty significantly and support skills moreso.

If it's solo content, make all of the instant death/% based/status based/whatever skills work more often or all the time and allow more enemies to be defeated by them.

If it's a challenge for those who did savage content as a new way to tackle it, give it more rewards for Coils, savage coils, and make its weapon affect it.

If it's to promote open-world content bring in more overworld bosses to the areas BLU can be easily playable in and rewards for them.

and in all cases other than the overworld, I'd say allow it to get more exp from dungeons too. And give it more to do outside of just the Savage stuff or filling the log and doing some daily challenges.

When it comes to the way Mimicry borrows a role's capabilities, I like it. It's such a flavorful and wacky spell that is missing from all the other jobs. I really don't mind losing a minute looking for people to borrow roles from. I'd rather they make it less annoying to transition from one role to another instead of constantly rearranging your skills and bars. The save skill sets help, but it's not perfect. It's not that much of a hassle really and you kind of get used to it after a while, but can be worked on.

What QoL I want for BLU? It's not much of a gameplay suggestion (though it could be), I really want SE to rename the concept as something other than "Limited job". Something catchier and less needlessly negative would work much better. I don't know why they settled on that name. Maybe a language barrier thing? Anyway, something like Loremaster or Lore Seeker would work better from a marketing and conceptual perspective. Especially if/when they add more jobs like BST and PUP to it.

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Originally Posted by LauraAdalena

What is BLU designed to be?

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It is designed to be what BLU always has been...a goofy job that can do everything and can break certain things while being near useless in others. See FF5, FF10, and FF10-2 for examples of this.

The ability to unlock all the spells without having to trawl through PF would be the biggest one for me. Also, the ability to run Squadrons and Deep Dungeon content.

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Originally Posted by RyuDragnier

It is designed to be what BLU always has been...a goofy job that can do everything and can break certain things while being near useless in others. See FF5, FF10, and FF10-2 for examples of this.

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Except no, outside of a few gimmicks blu was a perfectly normal support dps 90% of the time which then had the occasional gimmick that could break something. Ff10s blue magic was poorly balanced but in literally every other game it functioned as a support dps and not near useless. To use your own example of ff5, blu gets the aero line of spells and can use then to great effect to dish out relevant damage, like rdm it can use swords and even light shields, 1000 needles is gotten at a level to deal appropriate damage, and has a bunch of supportive buffs including mighty guard and white wind as the most powerful