Blue Mage might actually be a good thing.

[EusisLandale]

Honestly, at this point, my main concern is about what kind of rewards are due to the whole BLU experience. Triple Triad, for example, is a nice minigame, but what incentive there is to do that besides weekly GP challenges?

Probably some titles from the Masked Carnivale stuff, maybe some actual gear for it. Given that the Masked Carnivale is supposed to make elements and such matter, maybe even add in horizontal progression to them like one set to raise Fire damage or another to raise Lightning resistance.

[Mibgestalt]

The only way Blue Mage is a good thing is if this is an experiment to develop more creative and unique systems that bloom into full jobs later.

If you can't understand why people playing FFXIV are upset that they're locked to a trial version of FFXIV with a new job, then I'm not sure how else to explain it.

Fun solo overpowered content class with heavy restrictions should've really just been Onion Knight.

[Seraphor]

The only way Blue Mage is a good thing is if this is an experiment to develop more creative and unique systems that bloom into full jobs later.

If you can't understand why people playing FFXIV are upset that they're locked to a trial version of FFXIV with a new job, then I'm not sure how else to explain it.

Fun solo overpowered content class with heavy restrictions should've really just been Onion Knight.

Why would this be ok for Onion Knight but not Blue Mage?

[Lyden]

cause Onion Knight is such a extreme exotic one, that no one in their eyes would care about this experiment/ joke...

but the dearest loved BLU which all ppl played in all titels is now ruined * eyesroll*
To many ppl think only for themself alone and how they are not satisfied, for me its totaly new and unusual i never had thought of a solution like this in a MMORPG which is a themepark based on a solotitel, and some of my friends mostly DoH and DoL Main only would love to have a BLU since 2.0 .

[Neela]

cause Onion Knight is such a extreme exotic one, that no one in their eyes would care about this experiment/ joke...

I would love to have a limited job as Mime - could be really funny in some kind of 24 man instance : o

[Sylvain]

Actually some player in my static want to try out the old ARR raid with a group of BLU . Not sure if we'll be able to tank / heal properly or not (I'm not holding my breath) .
I'm personally excites about the BLU

[Flatopia]

@Raikai and thats a reason to downgrate all other Final Fantasy Jobs to this SMN example ... pls NO!

Why do you assume that? What’s stopping them from having a well designed fun job to take into current content alongside this blue mage move log and carnival mini game?
There is no good reason we can’t have both, while integrating the job fantasy into its play style. To assume it would just be ‘another caster’ or other silly assumption is baseless as we not only have no idea what kind of caster it could be, but also all casters so far are very unique and fun!

To assume that we have to fight over having a unique solo content done for the sole purpose of flavor, and a unique job that integrates the old mechanics into a new fresh light for ff14’s formula is rediculous! Why not have a “limited” job crystal in which you can play blue mage as the limited jobs intention, and an unlimited version that’s unlocked after getting so far in carnival or something?

[Lyden]

I assume it cause there are ppl out there which are happy about the BLU announcment!
Ur solution may sound right for u and some other ppl but its not the perfect solution for all of the comunity.
I had never seen a such streamlined mmorpg like this, u have in no aspect of this game a real choice just slightly differnce in playstyle which all have to fullfill the same debuff, buff, dot style ( luckly RDM not atm)

This FIRST "limited Job" is a new thing which no one had made experience with (who knows, at the end we all had cried that much about it that we can gather over 49skills from monsters and than we can only use 20 in raids cause it will get streamlined too, so where the point to go around and gather them all if only the streamlined skills are able to use for duty rnd content ?)

Its the first job in this style and like they mentioned it, there will other jobs follow too, this isnt a freakn minigame its just the whole damn game itself...

For me im over and out, cause this whole discussion about topics which are not released yet is mindless and repeating, whish u all a lot of fun in this forum , bye *wave*

[Flatopia]

I assume it cause there are ppl out there which are happy about the BLU announcment!
Ur solution may sound right for u and some other ppl but its not the perfect solution for all of the comunity.
I had never seen a such streamlined mmorpg like this, u have in no aspect of this game a real choice just slightly differnce in playstyle which all have to fullfill the same debuff, buff, dot style ( luckly RDM not atm)

This FIRST "limited Job" is a new thing which no one had made experience with (who knows, at the end we all had cried that much about it that we can gather over 49skills from monsters and than we can only use 20 in raids cause it will get streamlined too, so where the point to go around and gather them all if only the streamlined skills are able to use for duty rnd content ?)

You’re missing the point of what I was proposing!
There is no point in having to choose, this unique game mode and a core job don’t have to be mutually exclusive!
Have a separate “mode” in which you can enter the presented limited job, where you do the carnival and explore older content for moves to fill the log and such, and another “mode” in which you can have a standard rotation, mechanics unique to the job, and be able to play all modern content. This can use all the same assets so nothing would have to be physically added, only designed and implemented.
They could even have the carnival be the means to unlock this “unlimited mode”.

I’m saying there is a ya for both people to happy, to have their jobs and play them too!
I realize this is a very similar post to one I made elsewhere, but I truly think this is the solution everyone is looking for! I may make an in depth job design and accompanying video to help detail these thoughts and decisions, and a plead to the developers to not just listen to one or the other side of this whole debacle, but implement both to give everyone what they want!

[Neela]

Actually some player in my static want to try out the old ARR raid with a group of BLU . Not sure if we'll be able to tank / heal properly or not (I'm not holding my breath) .
I'm personally excites about the BLU

me too :3

every mmo needs new/fresh ideas - at least they try things out and for me Blu sounds great :3