Patch 4.5 is Unacceptable

[redcurrant18]

I am extremely disappointed to hear about further limitations to blue mage. No squadron? No duty roulette? No deep dungeon? These were things that I was begrudingly willing to accept. Being locked out of the main story of the game however, is not acceptable.

Whoever made this decision has shown they are completely out of touch with what players actually want. From what we've seen in trailers so far, Blue Mage is nowhere near the overpowered class they make it out to be. It seems as if its on the same power level as most other jobs except a few added gimmicks such as the learning system and several powerful spells that could easily have been nerfed or altered to fit into parties while still retaining the core learning system. I was very excited to have a class to play through the main story solo, especially with the New Game + feature coming soon, but this contradicts that.

I see no point in playing as FFXIV's Blue Mage in its current state. This "limited job" concept has been executed in the most restricting, unfun way possible and no other jobs should be subject to such treatment. Players want full fledged jobs that work not only in regular party settings, but simply for the sake of progressing the main story as well. What was supposed to be the highlight of this patch for me has completely fallen short of my expectations. What's next? Vieras being gender locked to females only? Dancers who are restricted to being a rhythm mini game in Gold Saucer? It certainly wouldn't surprise me seeing as now they've removed Time of My Life.

Overall, I'm just very sad that this hasn't turned out at all like I thought it would. Thank you for reading my mini rant

[Lambdafish]

BLU is a new piece of content akin to DoL/DoH, who also can't participate in the MSQ. This may change in the future, but for now we need to let BLU have a teething period before the devs can open it up.

Put it this way, these are the same devs that thought that resetting cooldowns after a wipe would break the game, so having them limit BLU from content for now, only to reverse the decision later down the line after the playerbase has road tested the job, isn't all that surprising.

[redcurrant18]

I can only hope they radically reverse course on Blue Mage before the release of Shadowbringers. As it stands now I don't think I'll have much enjoyment with this job.

[Jellybums]

Mahjong was a pleasant surprise. My grandma can play FFXIV now.

[Raldo]

I can only hope they radically reverse course on Blue Mage before the release of Shadowbringers. As it stands now I don't think I'll have much enjoyment with this job.

Then it's not for you. Enjoy the other content. Problem solved.

I'm personally pleased to see something new and different than just another job to mindlessly take to 70, even if it comes with weird caveats. I'm going to treat this BLU experiment like a weird long-form minigame, because that's basically what it is.

[HyperiusUltima]

Then it's not for you. Enjoy the other content. Problem solved.

I'm personally pleased to see something new and different than just another job to mindlessly take to 70, even if it comes with weird caveats. I'm going to treat this BLU experiment like a weird long-form minigame, because that's basically what it is.

I actually don't mind a change of pace. Besides...they've run down a lot of jobs with leveling to 70(which is taxing as it is since you have to go through old dungeons) and even though you have the Job Fantasy of BLU, it might not be the best thing for everyone if it were brought in as a Lv Cap job, especially in the end of the raid tier.

As Raldo said, it's just different bells and whistles attached to the limited job. Eureka was the same way when we first got it and people who actually remember the old MMO grind actually liked it(exempting Pagos; that was a disaster).

[Razard]

Players must first complete the main scenario quest "The Ultimate Weapon."

Oh no... It can't do the 2.1- 2.55 quests. The Horror.

[redcurrant18]

I'm not asking for them to make the level cap 70 right now, I'm willing to wait for Shadowbringers so all jobs can cap at 80- and that includes Blue Mage. This still is not acceptable. FFXIV's most important aspect is the main storyline, fit with cutscenes and instances. Blue Mage must be brought to the point where it can participate in all content required to progress to the main story. This class might be niche, but it is not as overpowered or game breaking judging from the evidence we've seen to this point. There is no reason why it shouldn't be allowed to do the main story quests, at the very least. Seeing how a level 50 blue mage struggled against a level 30 enemy in Costa del Sol doesn't give me the impression of the overpowered Blue Mage that was so hyped up.

[HyperiusUltima]

I'm not asking for them to make the level cap 70 right now, I'm willing to wait for Shadowbringers so all jobs can cap at 80- and that includes Blue Mage. This still is not acceptable. FFXIV's most important aspect is the main storyline, fit with cutscenes and instances. Blue Mage must be brought to the point where it can participate in all content required to progress to the main story. This class might be niche, but it is not as overpowered or game breaking judging from the evidence we've seen to this point. There is no reason why it shouldn't be allowed to do the main story quests, at the very least. Seeing how a level 50 blue mage struggled against a level 30 enemy in Costa del Sol doesn't give me the impression of the overpowered Blue Mage that was so hyped up.

I think you're missing the target on this one. FFXIV's biggest aspect may be the storyline, but it's not the utmost IMPORTANT aspect of it. In fact, I think the most important aspect of it is the community around us. Bringing BLU up to raid tier levels of play will only worsen our balance issues more than before, so just wait until Shadowbringers and enjoy the job for what it is. We've been lacking solo content anyway...of course, people are free to meme "Solo Content, in MY MMORPG?".

[redcurrant18]

Please read my post more carefully. I never mentioned raids. I have no interest in them except for seeing Fran in this new one coming out. I am talking about the main quest and story, which for me is the most important aspect of the game, cutscenes, story battles, etc. The main quest itself and New Game + are essentially solo experiences aside from dungeons, which we do have access to if preformed. My issue is that Blue Mage is essentially being locked out of what little solo content it should have had access to.