Blue mage pls

[RitsukoSonoda]

Dark knight being a tank isn't really that big of a change. Even when designed for damage output they were still tanky with high VIT and heavy armor. When not utilizing job skills to optimize damage DRK in FFXI was actually only second to PLD in regards to base defense due to armor available and VIT. Ninja in FFXI was actually designed initially as a damage dealing job. Players chose to use it as a tank after discovering how useful utsusemi was. Hence why NIN doesn't have that spell now most likely.

[Alacran]

Dark knight being a tank isn't really that big of a change. Even when designed for damage output they were still tanky with high VIT and heavy armor. When not utilizing job skills to optimize damage DRK in FFXI was actually only second to PLD in regards to base defense due to armor available and VIT. Ninja in FFXI was actually designed initially as a damage dealing job. Players chose to use it as a tank after discovering how useful utsusemi was. Hence why NIN doesn't have that spell now most likely.

Dark Knight was my main in FFXi (quit just before Abyssea). Like many i was taken aback when it was unveiled as a Tank for FFXIV. In time i adjusted to change and enjoy it much more. While i freely admit to being only a sub par Tank myself, i am very happy with how it was designed in FFXIV.

My point was that, what was done in FFXI need not be the standard for Blue Mage. The team need not shoe in some gameplay mechanic not suited for FFXIV from FFXI. The Blue Mage job as a whole is very popular to the series and if done well, any new system made for it could be well received.