My Idea For Fixing Blue Mage

[Shougun]

Then they have to build an actual rotation and balance it where the whole point of a limited job is to let you collect spells and do what you want with them away from the balanced endgame. Plus the issue of people having to go out and gather all of these chained abilities in order to be viable, a hurdle not thrust upon any other job. And if they separate the chained spells from the normal 'go out and collect them' spells at that point they might as well just make a new job separate from blu for all the work they gotta put into it.

People wanted to play Blue Mage as a main job, so no setting another new job is not the point lol (also it would still be less work than making a whole new job, since as I said they'd have a head start on lore and graphics). And yes of course they have to build a rotation, the whole point of limited job is not ruined by allowing a chained section though. You still have exactly the limited part of the job available to you (literally, limited is untouched).

You haven't given me a reason why it can't have both just that chained and unchained are different.. which of course they are - that is the point there.

Chained would not ruin unchained. You can still go learn unbalanced spells part of limited, you just can't use those unbalanced spells when "chained". If you chose not to main blue mage then you'll never experience being chained. And if you do then you can play blue mage as some weird solo lord when unchained (and content allows) and you can also play it as your main playing current now content. "but other jobs don't have to learn their skills, that's extra burden on blue mage players", I accept the burden thanks besides the reward is goofy spells when unchained (call it advanced job and let players know upfront it's different).