What Weapon Should A Blue Mage Use?

[Selvokaz]

Fangs (primary weapon) and Claws (support hand like how shield is for paladins)

[PatronasCharm]

Jokingly: They'd be Water conjurers; they'd be made into the new healer!

Seriously speaking; I’d like a Hammer / Shield or I'd like to see a Great Hammer, or perhaps classic dual scimitars.

[Duskane]

if they wanted people to jump on the tank role giving it a Gun blade would definitely do the job similar to what DRK did for many other

[SenorPatty]

I would like it to wield a sling shot.


Because blue mage are ridiculous. In the good way. After learning some countless monster techniques, you so much as sneeze and expel dragon fire from your nostrils.


My body's a weapon. A this point, any weapon in my hand feels ridiculous.

[Odstarva]

I've never seen people so excited for a class name. "Blue mages should wield gunblades!" "Blue mages should be tanks!" "It doesn't matter if they don't learn mob abilities!" None of this makes for an actual blue mage, but I swear they could deliver a qiqirn rider wielding pool noodles for the glory of Loto and as long as they name it "blue mage," people will buy into the hype.

I'd be hyped for a qiqirn rider, especially if he's wielding pool noodles for the glory of Loto.
In fact, I'd rather have that than a blue mage.

[DamianFatale]

That's because they are awkward, they are painful to swing, and they are ridiculously imbalanced. I've worked with a real one, so I know anyone suggesting a gunblade be used as a weapon has no idea just how godawful they are (maybe it's why we keep beating Garlean commanders: their weapons suck).

This is a fantasy game. I don’t care if it’s awful in practice, but gunblades are awesome, and I want them in the game.

I just don’t want them on Blue Mage. I’d rather they be on a class that fits better. Don’t just wish gunblades on a random class, because you want both of those things. I’d rather none of those things not excel as well as they could.

[dinnertime]

So far they've went with a traditional approach with the jobs so I think It'll have a saber with the super hero costume instead of the FFXI version.

[giwaman]

A potato but not just an ordinary potato! *Mashed*

[sexythaumaturge]

It's gonna be a gunblade. Literally the entire Empire storyline since 2.0 has been about stealing others' abilities through technology.

[Gurney]

Not a mace, that last NPC I saw with a mace is Naja Salaheem from XI, and I am still paying her back.