Blue mage and why I like the idea

[DPZ2]

Nothing of what you listed here is restricted to BLU, you realize that, right? Literally the only unique content that BLU gets is the carnival, and as described, it's just a bunch of boss fights except you fight them alone instead of with a group. How long do you think that'll last for, exactly? Do you think that'll be an hour long affair or something?

And you realize that, while the first iteration of blue mage is limited to level 50 and no matched instances, they also indicated future levels and future content?

You realize that the naysayers are in arms, not because there's a brand new concept in game, but because their oh-so-desired 'main' can't engage in all of the content at release?

You realize that this currently limited job is going to be introduced into the game at the end of this expansion, when any and all new content is welcome? And that it might not be so limited once SE has data showing how it plays out in 'set party instances'?

Get back to me when you actually do all of that content in an hour.

[jon041065]

And you realize that, while the first iteration of blue mage is limited to level 50 and no matched instances, they also indicated future levels and future content?

You realize that the naysayers are in arms, not because there's a brand new concept in game, but because their oh-so-desired 'main' can't engage in all of the content at release?

You realize that this currently limited job is going to be introduced into the game at the end of this expansion, when any and all new content is welcome? And that it might not be so limited once SE has data showing how it plays out in 'set party instances'?

Get back to me when you actually do all of that content in an hour.

They didn't state that it is a beta/testing phase. They stated their intention with the job.



This is what my side is against. This is what we want to see fail. And as I said in my previous post, I hope that blue mage doesn't die but that they see the feedback and decide to revamp it to a full job. They should take the time to make full jobs AND open world/side content. Hopefully it was just an awful presentation or they are open to dropping the restrictions after they get our feedback.

I realize that it's the first iteration and what the "naysayers are in arms" for because it's exactly as you said. Can't main the job in the full job and they gave no reason to believe it will in the future UNLESS the feedback is that bad. Most on my side are attacking what's on that slide and the bad excuses for it. Only a few are attacking things beyond that scope and I've been calling things out like "there's zero point in a solo job".

Yes, blu is coming out at the end of the expansion and it's obviously content meant to increase sub retention. Pissing off a lot of people by turning their favorite FF job that they wanted to main in the full game into something so limited does not help with sub retention. It also will lead to even more people telling others not to return or try out the game. I do hope that the data shows SE that blu and limited jobs will not work out. That they shouldn't segregate things like this and just put in various content without these hard restrictions.

I won't be doing the content in a hour because I won't be subbed. I'm using the only real power a player has and voting with my wallet.