Quote Originally Posted by Ramath View Post
Don't kid yourself. BLU did not work well in XI. There were only an extremely limited number of spells you actually used. The rest were only used for unlocking traits. The rest, never used at all. SE just got done with their attempt at pruning unused abilities, and you want to add more?!

Second, again, don't kid yourself. Choice in an MMO is a lie and a myth. The playerbase will find the most optimal combination of a spell list, making any other combo a source for elitists to talk down to anyone else. The players wi then complain that X spell is too weak, and never used, etc etc etc...

The truth is that Yoshi, while not percect, knows a whole lot more about game design than 99.9% of these self-proclaimed armchair devs. They have no idea what they are talking about, completelg clueless to the fact they don't even know what they are asking for.
Uh... What? You do realize that's just how Blue Mage is, right? You're suppose to have a myriad of abilities even if they don't fit the situation just like it has been in every single game it's been in. That's what makes the job fun, and no, I don't know what time period you played FFXI in but BLU has plenty of abilities and builds to where you could be a melee user, a spellcaster, or even a hybrid of sorts.