What I like about BLU is the whole presentation. It's emotes, animations, jobquests and overall look fit very well into the game.
Also the skill hunting is actually fun. Regardless if you look up on a guide where to find abilites, just follow other players or try it out yourself.

But what I fail to understand is, why this has to be a limited job at all?

The spells are either really weak, broken, situational, a variation of each other, or just there to compensate for this.

If BLU had decent potenties and combos, a weapon with stats, a job gauge, a LB, and skills like Bristle, White Wind and
Mighty Guard changed to ogcd's and party utility, it would be a totally viable magic dps job.


Also there is just no point in the "If the BLU didn't learn his skills he holds a party back!" argument. Sorry, but this is just plain stupid.
We all have seen Gladiators and Thaumaturgs in dungeons beyond level 30.
I've seen DRG's in lv 70 raids not using their jumps or Battle Litany.
What about new players in general? They may don't know there classes or the mechanics, cause wipes and hold me back.
Is it okay to lock them out too?
What if I go into a 24 man raid with BLM and only use BlizzardI the howl time, just because I feel like it?

That's not the games fault or responsibility. It's the players. It's our decision how good or bad we play.

I sometimes feel a bit, like Square is so afraid that we, or someone else, somehow could manage to ruin our gaming expirience, that they jump in and do it themself.