How Blue Mage Could Exist in FFXIV

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It's a spellcaster that learns new spells by getting hit in the face. If you're getting hit and you're not a tank you're doing it wrong *looks at MNK and SAM*

But in all seriousness, after the success of RDM I am fully behind the team in any conception they have for BLU, be it fully faithful to the series or not. I feel making it a vengeance based tank would be the best way BLU could fit into XIV, however.

I have to agree that the easiest way to put the lore into the job would be to make it a tank, though there were some blu like ff characters that either devoured the enemy to learn the skill or use lancet to do it, personally it would be cool for a colored mage to be a tank, the concept being that they get their power from the aether expended upon them, by monsters, or some other spells(absorption/reduced damage taken, up BLU guage), Obviously, like every job in here the skill list will be limited but they could definately make a caster like tank, Only question is the weapon

The look of the FFV original incarnation of BLU looks very tanky with the huge shoulder pads and blue cape, and sunglasses...hahaha well that would be interesting