Blue Mage: Are you kidding me!?

[Kalise]

I expect hostility on sight because that's honestly what I'm used to. That's the kind of thing I grew up with, not civil discourse or people being fair. I expect cruelty, brutality, viciousness, and betrayal, and all too often I am proven right (even in this game's community quite a few times). Even if I were the stereotypical "perfect little angel," I still believe I'd be hated on sight. That, as far as I am able to tell, is the inescapable nature of mankind.

Ehh... That's a self perpetuating notion right there.

Expecting others to be hostile, invites others to be hostile because you don't foster a presence that allows for people to be calm and respectful.

I know, it's something I often have issues with (Especially given how strongly opinionated I can be, a flaw I'm very well aware of)

As far as blue mage goes, I think it's fine as it is because I don't want to have to rely on other people to level my jobs. Especially with my history, I prefer playing alone much of the time, and because I can level blue mage just fine by simply going outside and killing things on my own, it's a welcome change from grinding the Duty Finder and deep dungeons. Heck, half the time I'd sooner take my squadron into a dungeon than other players. It's just...

What is the word I want here?

...Safer. It's safer to be alone. Don't get me wrong, there are some great people I've met in this game, but overall I'm not the type of person who puts himself out there. Therefore, blue mage as it is seems tailor-made for me, and I can't imagine I'm the only one who has this opinion, even if my reasons for that opinion are more intense than what you may hear from a "normal" person.

See, I'm of a similar mindset. I tend to like to play on my own a lot of the time, since it works best, because 1) People suck and 2) My gaming time is sporadic at best.

Which is why I noted in one of (If not actually) my first post on this topic being that BLU seemed to be essentially tailored for me, someone who enjoys solo content.

Yet, I'm still of the mind that I feel that BLU should be a regular job (In the sense of being able to access normal DF content, at least post 50, and enter raids and reach regular level caps), because I feel that would not only improve the game for myself (Since, I can always play solo, just now I'd solo up to level 80 instead of just 50/60) but also for other players, who might want to be able to main the class which they love from previous games iterations of it.

Not to mention, future jobs that I might want to play solo and solo queue for DF with, but are "Limited Jobs" and BLU is setting the precedent for if "Limited Jobs" can be allowed to experience the game proper.

Again, making the job a "Normal" one, in terms of letting it reach proper cap and letting it eventually use DF and raid, has literally no negative impact on people like us, who'd just solo grind overworld, solo a few dungeons as undersized party and basically use BLU exactly the same as its current implementation. In fact, it only has positives. Since, it means more solo content (Up to level 80), it means we can solo all the dungeons and most of the trials (Curse you Titan!!!) to learn the spells (Instead of the current implementation where you can't even solo queue for DF, you HAVE to find other people to form a group with in order to go do it for some of the higher level dungeons/trials)

Which is actually one of the reasons I'm so confused around the backlash in regards to the suggestion of "Normalizing" the job by removing the more absurd restrictions, since it literally doesn't impact people playing it casually like they would in it's current implementation...

[Ceallach]

Ehh... That's a self perpetuating notion right there.

Expecting others to be hostile, invites others to be hostile because you don't foster a presence that allows for people to be calm and respectful.

I know, it's something I often have issues with (Especially given how strongly opinionated I can be, a flaw I'm very well aware of)

I'll do my best to keep that in mind. Thanks.

[Blueyes]

See, I'm of a similar mindset. I tend to like to play on my own a lot of the time, since it works best, because 1) People suck and 2) My gaming time is sporadic at best.

Which is why I noted in one of (If not actually) my first post on this topic being that BLU seemed to be essentially tailored for me, someone who enjoys solo content.

I would like to add onto this. I've been voicing my dislike for limited jobs, but it isn't because the system doesn't work for me, specifically. What I mean by that is, lately, I've been in something of a break mode. I've stepped back from level 70 content aside from helping friends when asked. I also really appreciate challenging solo content. The only thing that stops me from pursuing the goal of clearing floor 200 of Palace of the Dead on my own is that it gets discouraging when all progress can be lost due to a single disconnect.

This implantation of Blue Mage is perfect for someone like me, and yet, ever since the announcement, I've had a cloud of disappointment hanging over my head that is still present to this day. Blue Mage has been given a wonderful design. I have expressed my appreciation for all of their hard work. But to see such a wonderful job regulated to side content is disappointing to say the least.

As I've said elsewhere, I think Yoshida's heart was in the right place when designing Blue Mage, but I disagree with the execution. If you are happy with this implantation of Blue Mage, that's okay. You aren't wrong for liking it. But when discussing Blue Mage, I would appreciate if everyone could go into it with an open mind.

I've said it many times. This whole issue shouldn't be thought of as an "us versus them" situation. A unified solution that can satisfy both parties is entirely plausible.