Quote Originally Posted by Jukebox12 View Post
paladin is not a knight more like a white knight for one.
Fun fact: Paladin is called knight in nearly every final fantasy game, like 14. And is called PLD in abbreviation. Learn somethin' new.
Also you admitted yourself all those jobs were changed for this game, they were fundamentally changed to adapt and it's great because they feel like the belong while maintaining the job fantasy!

Quote Originally Posted by Darkpaw View Post
It's almost hilarious that we keep going to the Red mage isn't a true red mage argument, or samurai, or scholar, or black mage, or other jobs that got changed as a reason to justify the argument that BLU would work in the holy trinity system.. because most of these arguments stem from final fantasy xi which hey.. ima going to news flash this.. THIS IS NOT 11!
Actually I base my knowledge off of every mainline Final Fantasy. I even agree that this isn't 11, and that assuming Blue Mage has to work like them is silly.
Also Blue mages have mostly been damage dealers with each hit usually having a status tied to them. Water with confusion, true with frog, fire with enrage, etc. They honestly aren't that niche as their actual crux is that their skills aren't just "damage" but rather damage with a small twist. Never anything gamebreaking to be honest. The most powerful skill they have is might guard, which is just a kinda big damage mitigation tool.

But still, ironically, this is simply telling that the biggest reason most people do not think BLU could fit, is because they lack proper imagination to what it could be. They think it has to be a perfect mold, ironically making themselves sound like it has to adhere to the 11 design more than anyone that supports the idea of BLU as a job.
The core identity is, and always will be simple.
It uses enemy skills, the range of effectiveness ranges from okay at best to situational at worse. The methods to obtain these range from learning the move via getting hit by it, to getting the last hit on specific enemies with different skills.

Please do not misunderstand what the job is about, and spread that misinformation. Go into any FFX discussion and say "the blue magic is hilariously broken and over powered if used right". They'd laugh you off.

TLDR; the only thing holding this from being a real job to most people is lack of creative thought, and misunderstanding of the job. Every job in 14 is not like their original counterpart, so even if the thoughts of what BLU was were correct- they are irrelevant minus the single core of the job. It uses enemy abilities. That's. it.