One thing that has been made abundantly clear as I've read this discussion over the past two months; people are so desperate for something new and unique that when something fresh does come around they will willingly accept any and all drawbacks associated with it even if those drawbacks are completely unnecessary.

That's honestly the part that upsets me the most about all of this.

As a fully function job, nothing would stops you from continuing to play Blue Mage within a "limited" environment (collecting spells, playing Masked Carnival, avoiding raids, etc.) if that's what you choose to do. All that would change is that those who enjoy other content would be allowed to bring Blue Mage into that content.

That's it. That's all the "anti-limited" crowd wants. The only thing that has to change in order for that to happen is people's mentality.