Square enix US Tweet: two jobs expansion? If Blue Mage, what role?

[SpookyGhost]

Blue mage would be dps

Technically BLU can be anything since it just steals abilities from monsters. Can easily make that a DPS, tank, or healer.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Technically BLU can be anything since it just steals abilities from monsters. Can easily make that a DPS, tank, or healer.

Except that would be one hell of a balancing problem to juggle and you'd need to have gear for all three roles. Blue Mage was mostly DPS in the series with a handful of support spells.

[SpookyGhost]

Except that would be one hell of a balancing problem to juggle and you'd need to have gear for all three roles.

"Or", not "and". As in they could make it any of those roles. This is especially easy since all 3 roles have access to DPS abilities so you'd still get a bunch offensive stuff, just the kit would be tooled around defensive abilities or healing abilities, as opposed to just pure offense. BLU's a weird beast though so it's all kinda tricky especially with the limitations on job design XIV has, so who knows if we'll even get BLU.