BLU for Duty Finder and Raids! Show your support!

[BillyKaplan]

Because if it works, it would give SE a new chance to make a real dangerous open world, instead of this weak and easy open world. It would give FFXIV new ways to play with the world instead of the boring "dungeons-only" and "raid-only" system that we have right now.

Changing the open world can and arguably should happen regardless of BLU. And they should do it regardless of BLU because otherwise they're forcing everyone to play certain LJs just to get around from town to town.
Why should I care about Beastmaster in the overworld when I'm playing a BRD? But BRD is already in the game so the devs really, really should care about it when they redesign the overworld.

This thread is like a "stop trying to improve this game" thread.

I think you just want to play a different game.

Please, gameplay overlord, tell me the difference between a BLM and a RDM in a duty-raid. And tell me what BLU would add there if SE fits him there!

The mobility between the two is incomparable, for one. BLM is all about being a rooted glass canon in its leylines with the grateful addition of Triplecast and higher proc timers granting us mobility, but only with limited control and duration. RDM in comparison can move around a lot more due to Dualcast, having two oGCD instant-casts, and melee skills. It also has a gap closer and a gap opener, which are much more intuitive to use compared to BLMs teleportation skills (which need targets either way, and therefore cannot be used most of the time, if your ley-lines aren't up or if you play solo).
There's also the issue of support, and resource management. BLM is never g oing to run out of MP. If you do, you're playing it wrong. That's a very nice thing to have and makes us very good mana batteries. RDM in comparison can go OOM if they're not careful, especially if they use their support - something BLM doesn't have outside of the role skills. RDMs have Vercure, and they have VerRaise.
Now, as far as job-specific resources go, RDM needs to balange its Mana types, and there's all sort of finer toying around with forcing your procs (if you need more of that type of mana) and doubling your mana amounts (who cares if I have 40 more black mana if I double it all muahahahahaha). BLM meanwhile is a game of keeping up Enochian, joggling it, using your instant-cast skills in order to keep it up if you have to, and sneaking in Transpose to keep it until the Polygloat comes.

But yeah, they play the same because they're both casters, don't they?