Add Blue Mages Already

[Tegernako]

Blue Mage would probably look lame, have lame armor, and have lame weapon designs.

SE should just make up an entirely brand new class or take an old one and completely change it. Like that runic knight or whatever I vaguely remember reading about in the wiki

[Silverneck]

Blue Mage would probably look lame, have lame armor, and have lame weapon designs.

SE should just make up an entirely brand new class or take an old one and completely change it. Like that runic knight or whatever I vaguely remember reading about in the wiki

You mean like Blue Mage?

[NobleWinter]

Blue Mage would be interesting if it was the only class introduced for the next expansion but covered both the Tank and Healer role. I would love to see a split like Summoner and Scholar where two different soul stones were built on a base class.

[TaiyoShikasu]

That's not happening ever though.

[Jkap_Goat]

I want blue mage

[Ekimmak]

I think the problem with blue mage is that they'd take hits (like a tank) in order to learn new skills (which are all damage skills)... save for Mighty Guard and White Wind, the latter being a strangely balanced heal.

Doesn't really fit into a holy trinity.

[drgonzo]

It will be highly unlikely we get blue mage in 5.0 and near impossible it would ever be a tank. If it were you all would be very unhappy the way it's implemented. I'm sure most will disagree but we will find out soon enough what's coming in the next xpac .... I'll give you a hint gunblade/hammer tank

[Wiccan026]

Gau isn't a blue mage, Relm isn't either. FFVI's blue mage is Strago.

If you don't want to classify them as blue mages, their abilities are at the very least blue magik based.

Given the fact that blue magic (which for the record isn't always learned by getting hit by the attack, in FFVIII you had to have the item drop and than use it on Quistis to learn the ability) is essentially learning the enemies attacks and using those attacks against them fits the bill. You can't define it as rigidly as "classic Final Fantasy" because again exceptions have been made (for that matter Quina had to eat the enemy, not get hit with the attack).

[TaiyoShikasu]

It will be highly unlikely we get blue mage in 5.0 and near impossible it would ever be a tank. If it were you all would be very unhappy the way it's implemented. I'm sure most will disagree but we will find out soon enough what's coming in the next xpac .... I'll give you a hint gunblade/hammer tank

There's evidence to suggest BLU is happening, so.

[Ekimmak]

There's evidence to suggest BLU is happening, so.

Is it anything beyond wishful thinking and cherry-picking?