BLU for Duty Finder and Raids! Show your support!

[Nestama]

BLU doesn't work for party content, don't pretend that it does. What we would get is this, or a watered-down imitation of BLU, which would generate backlash regardless. This is BLU exactly as BLU should be, and putting it in a party scenario wouldn't work because it can't be balanced against other jobs. This is how the backlash looks:

Community: "We are bored of the predictable formula, give us something we have never seen before"

Devs: "Here is a brand new concept for how jobs are played, and here is BLU exactly as it is in other games"

Community: "Nooo, we never asked for that"

Then make it so that BLU can learn/set skills that allow them to be a tank, healer or DPS and only allow them to party with other BLU's in Extreme Trials/Raids.

[AlphaSonic]

Then make it so that BLU can learn/set skills that allow them to be a tank, healer or DPS and only allow them to party with other BLU's in Extreme Trials/Raids.

Can you imagine if Blue Mage had been able to learn different skills that allowed him to perform Tank, Healer or DPS roles. Put them a limit on how many skills can the class use at the same time in combat and balanced it around the other classes. Our first class that can perform the 3 roles (but with the actions restriced for balance reasons) it seems that was too much effort. But making a whole new special class catered to single player in a MMORPG is less effort.

[Nestama]

Can you imagine if Blue Mage had been able to learn different skills that allowed him to perform Tank, Healer or DPS roles. Put them a limit on how many skills can the class use at the same time in combat and balanced it around the other classes. Our first class that can perform the 3 roles (but with the actions restriced for balance reasons) it seems that was too much effort. But making a whole new special class catered to single player in a MMORPG is less effort.

So then what is the point? What is the end-game for BLU? What's my motivation to keep playing BLU once I've gotten everything?
With raiding, part of that motivation is playing with my friends and we have a good time. Can't exactly have that in a solo setting.

[AlphaSonic]

So then what is the point? What is the end-game for BLU? What's my motivation to keep playing BLU once I've gotten everything?
With raiding, part of that motivation is playing with my friends and we have a good time. Can't exactly have that in a solo setting.

I'm complaining about this too.

[Fadnog]

Tbh, I wouldn't be nearly as disappointed if I could still use the duty roulette with a premade. This would have made me okay with the 50 cap and not being able to solo queue, simply because then I can use it toward actual progress on my main. It wouldn't even have been a big deal because of PF. But, to my understanding even with a premade I still can't use the duty roulette.

I also would have been 100% okay with them requiring me to learn all of my skills before using the DF and having a set of "core" spells that are always set, making it a dps for queue purposes and only letting me customize like 5-10 of my skills rather than 24.

For clarity, I'm not mad, I'm disappointed that I'm getting half a job rather than a full job on what is my favorite FF class.

[Fineti]

They only need to make a mandatory Stone, Sky, Sea style dummy that must be beaten before Duty Finder unlocks. If a DPS player can reach the proper DPS for their level, there is no reason to lock them out of matchmaking. There will already be a solo challenge arena specifically for the job, so just build it into that.