Late to the BLU Party

[Mibgestalt]

I literally counted myself for a few titles and gave my result in a post.
Here you go.
Who's making the false claims now? Please never argue with me again on something you don't know jack about. You're not even willing to open a freaking wiki to check what you're saying. Sure, I didn't checked EVERYTHING, but I also don't have an infinite amount to time to give people who are completly wrong.

I never disrespected someone's tastes. I respect other people's opinions too. But I have the rights to find their arguments weak.

Dude, you DID give false information. I read your post. I don't think it's fair to discount spells as gimmicks just because they do elemental damage. Those are by definition direct damage spells! Like... you completely arbitrarily count a spell as gimmicky just because it has an element to prove your point and get your 95% figure. So a spell has to do non-elemental, direct damage with no status effects to be a damage dealing standard spell in classic Final Fantasy and to fit into FFXIV accurately? In that case Blue Mage is literally the most suited classic spellcaster, because 2 non-elemental direct damage spells is more than almost any other classic job. Is classic Black Mage a gimmick heavy class? It traditionally only has one direct damage non-elemental spell, Flare. Or classic Summoner, because the majority of their spells are elemental, so why are they DPS? Should they be limited too because 95% of their spells are "gimmicks"? You are actively misrepresenting the jobs skillset to reach that 95% number. But I won't say "please never argue with me again" and insult your knowledge, intelligence, or care for the class, because that is disrespectful.

If you only care about flashy graphic effects and not about the iconic gameplay and toolkit of the job, I think it's fair to say that your idea of its "identity" doesn't weight the same compared to people who actually enjoy the job for what it provides aside from graphical effects. Or "coat of paint" if I was to use that popular expression these days.
And yes, it's wrong to argue for BLU specifically, saying stuff like "I wanted to main it! I waited 5 years!" if you don't really care about it in the end. That was my point. And I also condemn people who are saying that they'd prefer a butchered version of BLU just to fit the mold, or no BLU at all, since they are actually not respecting the people who like the idea of Limited Jobs and BLU being one of them.

You say in one line you're not meaning to disparage anyone's opinions, and then immediately say that other ideas of the class don't have as much "weight". Saying "if you don't really care about it in the end" is implying people who don't agree with you to a certain degree don't care about the class. I'll say your argument is disrespectful, but (and the sentence in italics in my previous post was sarcasm) I would never accuse or insinuate that you or anyone else doesn't care about the class regardless of what they like about it and how they want it implemented in the game, because we are all here caring enough about it that we are discussing and arguing about it. Well, short of someone saying "I don't care about Blue Mage, but...", but there are people doing that both in support of, and against the Limited version.

You can find arguments weak all you'd like, I do too. But do you realize that asking questions like "What do they even like about Blue Mage" has an aggressive, dismissive tone? Those have the implication that you can't imagine a single thing someone likes about Blue Mage that would allow them to both want it in the game fully, and like the job. Maybe you don't see it, and if it wasn't your intent, great. I (hopefully) didn't say anything attacking YOU individually, if it came off that way, I apologize. However, that doesn't make the argument or method you're using any less offensive. It seems that, relatively, a lot of people agreed with my original response to you and how your points came off, and while I don't normally like to appeal to what people think collectively, when we're talking about how your words can be interpreted and the tone they convey, I think it's valid.