Quote Originally Posted by GrenGarm View Post
I guess there's no room for nuance in this discussion. Every MMO has its own idiosyncrasies, and certain designs work better in some MMOs than others. But at the end of the day, a class is a class. Across the board, if a class is specifically locked out of a huge swath of the game's content -- not by player perception, but by the devs themselves -- then it's not a real class. I want BLU as a real class. You don't. That's fine, but stop trying to tell me that I have to try it out before I judge or that the BLU design is a good idea. I don't and it isn't. And I'm going to keep saying that until Square hears it.
Again, you fall back on semantics and self imposed restrictions. A class is whatever the designers make it to be. Blue Mage is a class that will play the game and experience things in a manner we have have not been accustomed to yet, however being locked out from a "huge swath" of content is still a speculative statement when you don't know what the final product will be and, once again what the definition of "current content" is.

You're right though, telling you to try it out before you judge it is a wasted effort when you're so adamant on your bias. I can understand though, often new and different things are usually met with with resistance. So I can understand why this departure from the norm is causing so much frustration for you. Regardless, your emotions are not a sound reason on making a decision or in this case, casting judgement. It's just being absurd.