I made a long rant over in the "BLU for duty finder and raids" thread, but I'll try to sum up my feelings here.

This Blue Mage is not a job. It's Triple Triad for battle content.

You don't need to follow previous iterations to the exact detail. You didn't do that for any of the other jobs, why is this one required? I have played Blue Mage in every FF game that has had Blue Mage. I know the history of utility and versatility that makes it difficult to implement in a Holy Trinity system. But Red Mage isn't the exact same as older versions. Nor is Summoner. Or Samurai. Or any other current job.

Implementing BLU as a slow burn could have worked. Cap the level and skills available in order to test for balance issues and gather feedback from the community. You would have my utmost respect for doing so. But you relegated it to side content.

You could have made BLU work in group play. Tone down potencies and additional effects on bosses. Require certain skills to be learned before people can queue for high level content. Instead, you gave up and said it was too complicated. You insulted your fans who have been desperate for this job for years.

I have been a lifelong fan of FF, and this design choice has made me sadder and more disappointed than anything I've experienced in a game. I beg you to reconsider.