Please reconsider stance on blue mage

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no reason for a 5 ability limit. The class could learn skills, and the job ones could
be quested against enemies for the soul purpose of learning.

Assuming the class would learn monster skills. Not impossible, but I wouldn't expect to see anything remotely close to that until an expansion entirely centered on a wilderlands-type continent. Think Hydaelin's version of Africa or the Australian outback.

I'm merely countering the claims that the job would not work.

Of course when SE adds red mage this same course of conversation will happen.
What role will it be? You won't be able to please everyone.

Depends. My hope is people will eventually realize that particular concept needs to be adjusted while keeping the core aspects of the job intact. Marta, Swords, Ramsey and myself have all taken whacks at it to provide something that would work while preventing that thing from FFXI from repeating itself. But we're getting off topic.