Blue Mage: FFXIV Style

[Chardrizard]

I like Blue Mage as long as they do not implement it the way FFXI did lol, BLU in FFXI was useless once run out of MP, they will score very high damage spike until no more MP, while the other melees keep plowing through the mobs. It was a very situational job.

I do like self skillchain of FFXI's BLU however, it was fun.

[Ruinaru]

I like Blue Mage as long as they do not implement it the way FFXI did lol, BLU in FFXI was useless once run out of MP, they will score very high damage spike until no more MP, while the other melees keep plowing through the mobs. It was a very situational job.

I do like self skillchain of FFXI's BLU however, it was fun.

Any BLU worth his salt in FFXI would know how to manage MP. >.> Could be because I was Taru, but I never had any problems with MP.

Anyway, I've always seen Blue Mage as the Mage version of Thief. Thief and Blue Mage are my two favorite jobs, so I would love to see the two combined in XIV. It'd be tough though, because I don't want them to be 1 job/class by themselves, but I can't imagine either of them being a class...

So I think we could have a Rogue-type class implemented, using daggers, which eventually can equip job stones for either THF or BLU using, say, PUG or THM as the sub-class requirement. But then, I've really fallen in love with the notion of BLU using a gunblade... And it generally uses scimitars (guns once, trident/fork once)... IDK, I'll let the devs figure that one out.

Anyway, as far as learning spells goes... I say you unlock slots to equip spells as you level up, and have to be a certain level o learn certain spells. The first time you learn it, it should take some time (ie: not guaranteed to learn on first try), but if you remove it from your action list (by learning a different spell and choosing to replace the first one) you should be able to relearn it instantly by seeing it again. Or maybe they could implement a spell tutor that allows you to relearn old spells. That's probably the better choice, since it means BLU can't have access to all abilities at once, but doesn't have to go through a ton of work to get them back.

Or, you know, they could just implement 15 learnable spells. That would kinda suck, but it's possible.

EDIT: I just realized that 15 spells only applies if BLU is the class, not the job... Making it work with just 5 job abilities would be tougher...