Quote Originally Posted by ShinShimon View Post
If Blue Mage ends up having virtually no connection to Blue Mages from past games, then why even have it? Better to have an entirely original class and identity.
How much connection does the job need to qualify? To me, if its a job that's able to use enemy abilities without transforming into a monster (that'd be the Morpher job), that's all you need to qualify as a Blue Mage. Others may feel differently, and that's fine. They will be the ones complaining on the forums while I'm in the game enjoying the job. XD

Quote Originally Posted by Derio View Post
Which would mean we would see 2 new dps jobs this expansion. Which is unfair to the tank and healer population
DRK was traditionally a DPS job, and it wound up as a tank in this game. The same could happen to BLU. There's actually been other threads that discussed the topic of how BLU might work as a tanking job.

As noted just above, BLU could also be a healer. I think there's less folks enthusiastic about that option, however!