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

[Empress]

BLU started out strong but it was eclipsed by the bandwagon DPS, which was SAM for the longest time. It was great for low man stuff like Limbus and Nyzul Isle 1.0. BLU took much more work (gear, lets be real) to get most out of the class. Spell grinding could get monotonous when you're 0/100 on an ability from an enemy that spawns every few RL hours. Job traits were determined by the spells you set, but a BLU/DNC made for great soloing or low man when Adoulin came out. Don't expect to do endgame with it, XI had a "staple" problem when only certain jobs with R/E/M were "allowed" for PUGs. You might have a cool LS that let you go if you prove yourself, but most of the time you had to go as a "mandatory" job.

Esh that sounded horrible i feel bad for that class if it does come here I hope Square will rework it so it doesn't happen again. Although its hard to balance Monster Abilities if they weren't that great to begin with...

[Vexander]

Esh that sounded horrible i feel bad for that class if it does come here I hope Square will rework it so it doesn't happen again. Although its hard to balance Monster Abilities if they weren't that great to begin with...

SE seems to have learned a good bit from FFXI and the mistakes and successes it had. I doubt they'll implement BLU in a manner in which it wouldn't be able to function competitively with other classes/jobs in terms of gameplay. Its just a matter of finding its role out of the three possible, and which expansion to include it in.

As an additional thought, perhaps it would be linked to the Ananta? Their little lore snippet made it clear they're quite gifted when it comes to magic and gemcraft. Maybe Blue Mages learned from the Ananta.

[Empress]

SE seems to have learned a good bit from FFXI and the mistakes and successes it had. I doubt they'll implement BLU in a manner in which it wouldn't be able to function competitively with other classes/jobs in terms of gameplay. Its just a matter of finding its role out of the three possible, and which expansion to include it in.

As an additional thought, perhaps it would be linked to the Ananta? Their little lore snippet made it clear they're quite gifted when it comes to magic and gemcraft. Maybe Blue Mages learned from the Ananta.

Gemcraft? wouldnt it be Rune Fencer mixed with Geomancer or BLU? be a hybrid class like AST?