A question for the BLU peeps

[Melichoir]

Congratulations. You've figured out what I've been saying all along; to repeat my point, yes, I would be fine with a reskinned caster that is only Blue Mage in name. My main issue has always been the limited factor of the job.

I could pretty much stop reading or caring what you have to say after this point. What youre asking for is another caster thats named Blue mage. Thats not what the general pop was asking for. So in regards to this thread, it becomes extremely irrelevant what your opinion on BLU is after this because you really dont care about it being a blue mage. All you care about is having a new caster. We're talking two different things, and youre more focused on just having another caster where I am discussing why the concept of BLU is difficult to implement in a party environment in FFXIV.

Actually I do. The devs were extremely specific as to how the job is going to play out. It's inference, a conclusion drawn from evidence the they presented. Right now, for me personally, it is dead-on-arrival, because it is capped at lvl50, and therefore cannot do relevant content, which is my only real enjoyment in this game.

No, you dont. First, inference isnt fact. Its inference, and thats based on what we know. All we know are the cliff notes of the class at the moment. The Basic-B stuff about how the limited system works and whats in store broadly for BLU. Thats it. So the inference is based on limited data. Second, see that part I bolded? Thats you stating your opinion. It's your opinion that itll be DoA for YOU, but not that the concept in of itself is a DoA dumpster fire. You dont want to play it? Fine. Dont play it. But again, stop talking as if your opinion is the definitive judgement on the value of something that isnt even in the game yet and no ones yet played.

Identity is what you are asking for (and likely other supporters of the job in its current form). I'm asking for a job that can do relevant raids.

A lot of people were asking for the identity of BLU and they do not believe its impossible to have the BLU identity in a raid environment. I disagree with their positions and have explained why. Youre whole point, as I said, is completely moot because you dont care about the identity of BLU. Again, all you care about is having another caster. If you want another caster, start a thread saying "Hey, I want another caster in the game I can play at raids." These BLU threads, however, revolve around BLU and the identity of BLU. People who are complaining broadly arent doing so because they just want another caster (though Im sure some are). Theyre complaining about not having BLU at raid level.

And I can take a pretty solid guess that if they put in a caster who learned skills from an NPC, none of them being from monsters, and called it Blue Mage, people would almost immediately reject that. The identity of the class matters to a lot of people.

But if Im wrong, then here's how you can prove it: Start a Thread and state very CLEARLY that all you want is a new caster and that you want the devs to scrap BLU all together for the new caster. That BLU is a waste of time, and whats more important is a new raid level caster. Suggest that the new caster just be called BLU, even if it does not adhere to any of the identity of BLU.

Do that and see how much support you get. I could be completely wrong and the thread will have thousands of likes and responses in favor of it. But Im gonna bet that people will not support that idea, specifically because they want BLU - a caster who learns skills from monsters.