Don't like Blue Mage? Here is how to convince SE to change it...

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Thank you for answering.

And since you asked:

1. How exactly were you expecting Blue Mage, assuming it was implemented as a normal job, to be?
2. What user experience were you expecting (if any) that couldn't be gotten from another job?

Edit: For me personally, and given FFXIV's narrow combat and encounter design, I wouldn't have expected much, maybe a DoT mage with a heal (assuming ‘Caster DPS’ as a role). At least that wouldn't have been, button order aside, entirely a clone of RDM or SCH, however I certainly wouldn't have expected it to feel like a Blue Mage (similar to how I don't feel RDM feels much like a Red Mage) due to the extreme focus on DPS, and almost non-existence of significant debuffs, or buffs / heals beyond a limit, in FFXIV.