Should I level Blue Mage?

I want to eventually level all the classes and jobs... but Blue Mage is kinda its own thing and I don't know if I should or not? The idea of seeing it at lv0 on my character panel kinda bothers me. I just really wish it was a normal job.

For those who have levelled it and enjoyed the class, do you think its worth it?

I mean if you like collecting skills, go for it, or the carnival, I personally liked it up until I'd say level 30 or 40, then it felt a bit tedious and tiresome, but just do it if you're interested.

I'm just leveling it bit-by-bit when I feel like it - usually until it chews up all my rested EXP, which isn't very long.

Not going to bother with farming primals or anything, or at least I'm not planning to. Just level it up, see whatever story is attached to it, and let it sit until we get a level-limit raise for it.

No, not really.

Even the carnival which sounds keen for getting alliance seals despite their niche use and poetics which always find a use can all be gotten elsewhere and in larger quantities.

If you have friends who you can rope into also doing it and don't have a lot of things to do then it can be worth it. To successfully complete the carnival weekly usually does not need any of the harder to get spells (occasionally you'll see why X spell might have made something a lot easier though).

You can powerlevel blue mage in an hour or so, and then get a bunch of the open world spells (check a guide) and you should be pretty well and set to complete the carnival as it goes and not be annoyed that you have a level 0 job on your list.

If you don't have friends and your PF on your server is low activity for blue mages then it might not be worth the time as you would probably be able to do other tasks better. I do the weekly carnival because it's easy, reliable, and solo - which means it's on my time when I want and I don't need to worry about much, sometimes you'll see a challenge type that you don't have a primal spell for or something and be like "skip" but that's fine imo lol.

In terms of fun or value outside of that, I don't think the Blue Mage is in a good place and I don't put it very high on worth in it personally (which makes me quite sad as I was one of the few asking for blue mage before blue mage came out).

Some other things you might get out of blue mage besides carnival is the ability to kill some fate bosses with the death spells (many are immune, some are not), and the ability to death whenever you want (you can death teleport in town for example, these are called blood ports by some of the older people here lol).

The leveling process can be enjoyable (both leveling and gathering monsters skills). But only if you like that aspect.
As for if it's "worth" doing it, right now, not really unless you drastically need allied seals which could be a nice help.

If you have friends who are willing to help you farm skills, then yea sure.
If you're doing it solo, i'd recommend no. You'll be grinding leves and regular mobs for EXP since you cant go in to dungeons with the duty finder. So unless you've got a RIVETING audio book and some time to waste, i'd say No.

You're the frellin Warrior of Light! Level every job!

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Originally Posted by MsQi

You're the frellin Warrior of Light! Level every job!

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There is good wisdom written here, OP... great wisdom indeed. Level all the jobs and find your Muchness.

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Originally Posted by TaiyoShikasu

Even the carnival which sounds keen for getting alliance seals despite their niche use and poetics which always find a use can all be gotten elsewhere and in larger quantities.

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Well I guess the allied seal thing is nice, but I don't use them too often. Though they are useful sometimes.

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Originally Posted by Shougun

You can powerlevel blue mage in an hour or so, and then get a bunch of the open world spells (check a guide) and you should be pretty well and set to complete the carnival as it goes and not be annoyed that you have a level 0 job on your list.

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Oh didn't know you could level it that quickly!

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Originally Posted by MsQi

You're the frellin Warrior of Light! Level every job!

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That's my goal! Its just going to take... so long.

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Originally Posted by Ramesses

There is good wisdom written here, OP... great wisdom indeed. Level all the jobs and find your Muchness.

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I'm gonna try... so much work. XD

Anyways thanks for the info folks.

Yeah its super fast, but just to be clear when I say power level I mean the old fashion power level where a friend follows you around and kills stuff for you.

In northern thanalan I power leveled a few blue mages in about an hour as they tagged stuff.

You do that by having them not in the group and hitting a monster, then your level 70 friend blows them to bits. Have a chocobo out for extra exp for your bird :).

Tip: life is easier with fish toss, it's one of your ranged instant cast spells. Easy tagging that way, can learn the fish toss from the little green penguins south of Costa del sol.


Leveling is fast in general but not an hour fast without help. You'll definitely want 1k needle as soon as you can if trying to solo level.


Also you might know already but you can buy free teleport tickets with allied seals real cheap, minions, and some other stuff like mount speed maps for 1.0/2.0 areas.

If you really want to push BLU's AoEing capabilities to the limits, there's a pirate ship you can access via the Sahagin dailies that has a ton of NPCs split off into two groups on opposite sides of the ship.

I was able to grind from 44-50 in a little under a hour by burning those guys down mostly with the Ram's/Dragon's Voice combo (Make the most of the initial lengthy freeze and remember to Bristle before Dragon's Voice if you want to kill them before they become immune).

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Originally Posted by Shougun

Yeah its super fast, but just to be clear when I say power level I mean the old fashion power level where a friend follows you around and kills stuff for you.

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Ah okay that makes sense; and thank you for all the advice. I might have to level it simply because of my OCD getting annoyed by the lv0 thing on the character panel. XD

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

If you really want to push BLU's AoEing capabilities to the limits, there's a pirate ship you can access via the Sahagin dailies that has a ton of NPCs split off into two groups on opposite sides of the ship.

I was able to grind from 44-50 in a little under a hour by burning those guys down mostly with the Ram's/Dragon's Voice combo (Make the most of the initial lengthy freeze and remember to Bristle before Dragon's Voice if you want to kill them before they become immune).

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Oh nice, thanks for the tip! I haven't worked much on that faction so might be an incentive to get back to it.

It's actually pretty quick to level if you use Squadron EXP manuals and food exp boost, plus the earring if you got that. Just chain enemies around your level or a couple higher. (You can even do enemies 5 or more levels higher at lower levels!) I found it pretty fun collecting the spells. (I still need to collect the level 50 ones but I'm busy leveling my other jobs now. Need those sweet orange numbers!)

The simple act of levelling up is a 45 minute side activity. Not a lot of reason NOT to.
It’s the skills that’s the real grind.

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

If you really want to push BLU's AoEing capabilities to the limits, there's a pirate ship you can access via the Sahagin dailies that has a ton of NPCs split off into two groups on opposite sides of the ship.

I was able to grind from 44-50 in a little under a hour by burning those guys down mostly with the Ram's/Dragon's Voice combo (Make the most of the initial lengthy freeze and remember to Bristle before Dragon's Voice if you want to kill them before they become immune).

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Sylplands is where I went using the same strategy, things died quick and with little risk even if I only quickcast 1000 needles. Kill 20-25 enemies per level, which wasn't as bad as so many make it sound.

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Originally Posted by Kaelah

It's actually pretty quick to level if you use Squadron EXP manuals and food exp boost, plus the earring if you got that. Just chain enemies around your level or a couple higher.

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I really need to pay more attention to my squadron I think. o.O

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Originally Posted by Canadane

The simple act of levelling up is a 45 minute side activity. Not a lot of reason NOT to.
It’s the skills that’s the real grind.

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Well then, guess I'll have to pick up Blue Mage at some point! As long as its levelled I shouldn't be bothered about the numbers. XD

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Originally Posted by Rosa_Frandlia

Sylplands is where I went using the same strategy.

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Again thanks for the information!

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Originally Posted by HappyHaunt

I really need to pay more attention to my squadron I think. o.O

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Haha yes! You can get some useful stuff. A weekly mission reward for high level Squadrons is EXP manuals, they give 15% bonus, it doesn't stack with the 10% FC one sadly, but it's still an extra 5%. You can get a stack of 10 a week for the harder mission, or 5 for a lower level one.

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Originally Posted by Kaelah

Haha yes! You can get some useful stuff. A weekly mission reward for high level Squadrons is EXP manuals, they give 15% bonus, it doesn't stack with the 10% FC one sadly, but it's still an extra 5%. You can get a stack of 10 a week for the harder mission, or 5 for a lower level one.

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That sounds pretty cool, need to level those guys then. XD

I say if you have spare time or are bored go for it.
Just know there is not much to do that has not already been done once you hit 50.
Masked carnivale is good for seals like you have said

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Originally Posted by Maero

I say if you have spare time or are bored go for it.
Just know there is not much to do that has not already been done once you hit 50.
Masked carnivale is good for seals like you have said

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I was actually a bit confused when I heard they had released a 'limited job', I guessed not many people would even bother with it.

You can level it. But good luck getting all your spells now that the "newness" has worn off and hardly anyone farms spells.