It's been nearly a month: How are limited jobs?

[Lambdafish]

I think the only issue with the TRUST system is, if I recall, mentioned that it'll only be the expansion and upwards where the trust system will be implemented. So unless they decide to go back on their word in Japan, the trust system won't really matter to most of us outside of a small community who may consider doing the newer dungeons solo with npc's, compared to the rest of us with our fc/linkshells or df anyways. I'd love to be able to level as far back as level 1 (even just to mess around with on a new character). But fat chance of that happening. So.

I think it will be more than that. I'm from the UK but on an NA server, so I generally play during off peak. If I were wanting to level a DPS job, I would much rather go in with trusts than suffer the queue times.

Instead, we set up solo content just for GUN to participate in, as you get to use the full extent of GUN with different kinds of ammo to use and the Draw Magic mechanic in order to protect its identity.

Not sure how GUN is in any way related to the collectible nature of BLU. It's fun hyperbole, but the two jobs cannot be equated in the slightest.

[Laerune]

Came back last week from a hiatus and for me Blue Mage is a missed opportunity, an opportunity to keep both the method of learning the skills and it being a real class. The Blue Mage trainer wants me to enter the dungeon to get a skill, but it seems nobody else is queeing for it (formed my own group via PF). I had to level 12+ extra, just to farm 1 skill from the endboss.

If finding a group is already this hard after 1 month, what is going to happen after 6 months? A year?

Unless its a farmer class, I really hope Blue Mage is the first and last limited class.

[GenericMagus]

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Does it have to be strictly a collectathon? What about protecting the identity/gameplay of a job? I mean, BLM had no elemental weaknesses to abuse, should that be limited?

Yes, the 2 jobs can be equated. Any job can. You have valid reasons for limiting other jobs as well based on job identity and wanting to remain true (BLM, DRK, SMN).

Or do you only see what SE has given has given us and how there can't be any changes?

[SenorPatty]

Ok but what about any of that is mutually exclusive with BST also being a full-fledged job? BRDs have Perform and they still operate the same in battle as before. The biggest issue here will have SE properly invest in a system that lets you use balanced, restricted actions for DF, while anything else BST would have to offer wouldn't be used in current-tier content, if used outside of its version of the Masked Carnival at all.

We were discussing it from the context of what if SE only released it as a limited job. To further elaborate, we started out discussing possible regular future jobs then it went into the limited job territory.

[K3KW4RCHILD]

I haven't touched it yet. I have enjoyed watching many others debate about it though. As I read week after week, I can say the results are in and the community has responded with a big "meh" as it pertains to BLU. However, as is usually the case, some of y'all need to simmer down and just relax. It's just content! There will be more and there will be things you love down the road. Relax people. I'm planning on doing BLU after a couple of touch ups by the dev team, I'm pretty sure I will enjoy it then, more than most have enjoyed it NOW NOW NOW!

[BubblyBoar]

A decent set of opinions. I wonder if Devs will take notice or will continue to claim that BLU was 70% positive.