BLU's release timing in 7.x.. (Not in 7.45?)

I run a small discord dedicated to BLU content (especially helping newer BLU get their morbol mounts). We were all excitedly waiting to hear about details BLU, since it got updates in both 5.45 and 6.45. We'd even started discussing groups and how to tackle pandemonium and EW EX fights, and possible new spells

I have a big concern that BLU and BST (Beastmaster) will be released too close to one another and compete for the same limited job space... and that BLU will not have enough time to breathe and be enjoyed before people jump on the new shiny limited job.

Is there any chance that BLU will still be released in 7.45, but it simply hasn’t been announced yet? (Seems unlikely, but copium lol)

I think it is unlikely. We just had the second live letter for 7.4 and it was not mentioned. Additionally, we even had a trailer that didn't show anything.

However, it is still possible they could leave time between each release:

Blue Mage released in 4.5 (the quest appeared 1 week after it, like seasonal events and delayed savage releases do). Thus, perhaps Beastmaster will release in 7.5 itself in a similar way, due to being an entirely new system.

This would leave Blue Mage updates to potentially release in 7.55.

6.55 released 3 months after 6.5. Given that 7.5 will probably be released in May 2026 (or late April if optimistic), there is a whole 11 month or so gap to fill before 8.0 release... so they might delay 7.55 a bit longer to allow the 7.5 and 7.51 content to breathe, then fill the remainder of the time with returning crossovers, Fall Guys, and two mog tome events.

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

perhaps Beastmaster will release in 7.5 itself in a similar way, due to being an entirely new system.

This would leave Blue Mage updates to potentially release in 7.55.

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I feel that overall spacing of content releases has been a somewhat of problem this whole expansion.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that 7.4 seems to have a pretty good amount of content but to me, it seems that the end of the expansion will be content dense while the first half has felt comparatively light.

As a personal opinion, BLU could have potentially been released in 7.1 or 7.3 and afforded much more space between the two limited jobs, so that people would have had plenty of time to enjoy both.

I just hope that in 8.x BLU and BST are separated more. Even if, as mentioned by the above post, BST is 7.5 and BLU is 7.55 (or vice versa), I feel like it causes one limited job to become somewhat overshadowed by the other

My guess is that the limited job format as a whole is getting an update to fix the rising incompatibilities with current fight design, and it makes more sense to release a Blue Mage update alongside that.

what if SE is just done with Blue mage? it could be that they consider Blue mage complete and now move to the next limited job.

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Originally Posted by SyferU

what if SE is just done with Blue mage? it could be that they consider Blue mage complete and now move to the next limited job.

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It was stated in the keynote of Tokyo fanfest before dawntrail's release that BLU would be getting an update this expansion, so based solely on that information, we should expect to receive a level cap increase (and content update?).

Then again, it wouldn't be the first time something was announced and was pushed back an expansion (looking at DSR...)

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Originally Posted by Mayoyama

It was stated in the keynote of Tokyo fanfest before dawntrail's release that BLU would be getting an update this expansion, so based solely on that information, we should expect to receive a level cap increase (and content update?).

Then again, it wouldn't be the first time something was announced and was pushed back an expansion (looking at DSR...)

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Maybe they had so much trouble implementing Beastmaster, that the guys working on the limited jobs haven't found time for the Blue mage update.
I'm getting kinda worried by how much is potentially pushed into 7.5x, maybe 8.0 is really coming out a lot later than people expect.