Quote Originally Posted by Duelle View Post
BLU: Hey Duelle, let me tank the next giant Beetle so I can learn Rhyno Attack from it.
Taking an attack directly isn't the only way Final Fantasy BLUs have learned their skills in the past. Quina got the abilities by eating monsters, for instance, and FFXI BLUs just had to be in the party when the attack was used, and then defeat the mob afterwards.

Additionally, while not a lot of mobs in this game have healing or buffing abilities, without the abiliy to control mobs (ala FFVII's Manipulate, or FFVI's Control), these skills would be out of a BLU's reach.

Most likely, BLUs will not need to be directly hit by a skill in order to learn it.

Quote Originally Posted by Laerune View Post
Its a fan favourite. Unless they make Blue Mage unique and not butcher it like Summoner, I rather see another class being released.
Dark Knight was a nother fan favorite, and yes, many believe that it was butchered by its incarnation in FFXIV. Yet there were no mass riots, or countless unsubscriptions. The game kept rollin' on, and contrary to what the doomsayers believed, a lot of people enjoy DRK. It's probably safe to say it's the most popular of the three jobs that were released with Heavensward.

The same will likely be true of BLU. It'll come. It'll disappoint a lot of people who had ironclad expectations. A few may even quit the game over it, but not nearly enough for SE - or anyone else, really - to care. Folks will enjoy the job for what it is in this game, not for what it failed to copy from another game.