Quote Originally Posted by Valdegarde View Post
What boggles my mind is that Blue Mage has never been some ultimate iconic solo class in any Final Fantasy ever
That's half true by virtue of final fantasy being a solo experience anyway, and FFXI not caring about job balance. This means that the point about a "solo experience" is moot because no job has had to deal with a label like that before. What BLU is though, is the only job that requires a side activity in order to become more powerful (outside of buying magic from shops). In FFV, I actually gave up with BLU because I felt like it was too much work to invest in, and I opted for the "normal jobs" because it felt too unique to me. I'm glad that the difference between BLU and other jobs was recognised and retained