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

Since the job's icon is literally categorized as a DPS caster, it seems like Blue Mage should have AOE attacks for Limit Break at the very least; it's weird to me that it's the only combat class or job where I can't use that button at all.

One possibility for the future is that it could become a high-level trait rather than a spell or role action, where the effect of the Limit Break is based on your mimicked role; that's what I would personally to see, although I'll be happy with just anything in the meantime.

No need for a limit break when you have 7 final stings.

It would be nice if some especially impressive actions could be learned as LB options, be cool if they weren't limited to caster DPS options too.

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Originally Posted by Jandor

It would be nice if some especially impressive actions could be learned as LB options, be cool if they weren't limited to caster DPS options too.

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To be fair, I feel like this should be the case for all jobs (or at least those who'd potentially rotate between role affinities based on current summon/mech/song) -- or in the sense that the Limit Break would be more dynamic and manipulable instead of merely one-off role-based action.

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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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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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.

Unless SoS is unique in that LB, won't Diamondback cover it? If not how do Blue Mages deal with the other cases of tank LB, like T13, A12S and there must be one in Omega as well?

Just let it be the dps limit break Ultima... Same spell for the 3 stages of LB, but the power/size/animation varies accordingly.

Final Sting. Selfdestruct. Transfusion. Those are the BLU limit breaks.

You can also argue that BLU also has Matra Magic, Angel Snack and Dragon Force as LB's as well.

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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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.