Blue mage pls

[VanilleFang]

Quistis used Blue Magic as a Limit Break. That hardly constitutes a case here since you'd have to stay near death and hope for it to proc during her next turn or spam pass while no one else is ready to force a proc. Besides, what makes you think Blue Magic needs to be anything? FF games are easy enough that anything can be viable. Your opinion is noted but that is all it is: an opinion. Personally, Blue Mage is my favorite caster class in the series. FF5, FF7's Enemy Skill, Quina, and the Vampire job in Bravely Default were all good.

Uh.. I wasn't attacking anyone. I was asking a question. And sorry but general consensus is that the most efficient way to play FFVIII is either Aura everyone or have everyone had low HP because casting magic is a waste and LBs blow any other form of damage out of the water.

And I wasn't arguing viability. I was just saying that generally Blue Mages take a lot of effort for essentially what you can get in other jobs.

[Joe777]

Uh.. I wasn't attacking anyone. I was asking a question. And sorry but general consensus is that the most efficient way to play FFVIII is either Aura everyone or have everyone had low HP because casting magic is a waste and LBs blow any other form of damage out of the water.

And I wasn't arguing viability. I was just saying that generally Blue Mages take a lot of effort for essentially what you can get in other jobs.

Yeah I know constant LBing in FF8 is good to do lol it's just the principle of the matter. Also the allure of the Blue Mage is its versatility. It has more variety available to it rather than a few things it specializes in, all the while not losing potency for it overall. Also much of what it has is actually unique, and sometimes better than what other jobs get. Examples: Mighty Guard, White Wind (when the rest of the party is low HP and the Blue Mage is not, also a combo with a proper healer as if the whole party is hurt the healer can heal the Blue Mage who can then White Wind the party. White Wind sucks in terms of usability in FF Explorers though, but it makes a good Crystal Surge proc spell lol), and Bravely Default Vampire gets spells like Firaja and Aeroja. Also Quina got Auto-Life in FF9, which outside of equipping that support ability with magic stones was the only way to grant the status in that game, also the only way to renew it once it activated.