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

[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.