BLU for Duty Finder and Raids! Show your support!

[Vahlnir]

How to make a bad job even worse in a single post.

It's times like these where I wish we could downvote posts as well as upvote.

[MrKimper]

I am fully against this unless they nerf BLU in the following manner:

1) Make everything in every single dungeon immune to "Magic Missiles" and "Tail Screw". (Some bosses aren't)
2) Make "Mighty Guard" a 6 second duration with a 6 minute cooldown along the lines of "Hallowed Ground" and the WAR and DRK equivalent. (If it's DPS, it should NOT replace tanks.)
3) Make their self-buffs each share the same CD.
4) Make "Self-Destruct" have a 6 minute CD, similarly to "Hallowed Ground". (A single BLU can kill the ENTIRE first room of AV with this. And they can use it again immediately upon raise.)
5) Heavily nerf "White Wind" to be negligible, like Physick on a SMN, or put it on a cooldown. (A DPS should NOT be replacing a proper healer.)
6) All their AoEs should deal increasingly less damage to different targets in a group. 100% on the first, 85% on the second, 75% on the third, and 50% to the rest.
7) Put their big nukes on cooldowns like primal abilities have, or give them a flat damage reduction.

If they aren't nerfed I don't want them anywhere near the core population in DF.

You might as well just ask for it to be completely reworked. Honestly? I'm over BLU at this point, I've come to terms with the fact that regardless it's just too much work for the devs to do anything about they'd have to completely rework the content from the ground up which would undoubtedly take up as much time as a new job, and lord knows people would riot if that were the case.

I've heard about the "duty set" for BLU but even that to me would just be a watered down version of what we have, which isn't even BLU in it's current form. So I think for the most part BLU will continue to exist as this for the remainder of XIV's lifespan unfortunately.

[Valdegarde]

I haven't played in a few months now, and I officially un-subbed a little while ago. I understand the outrage of various camps recently, but for me my breaking point is that I simply do not wish to play the game while a long-time series staple is restricted from even playing the same game as the other jobs.
I really and truly needed a long break from this game anyway, and this is not an...unsub protest plea, I genuinely don't feel I have any interest in coming back until I can do so as a Blue Mage. It's been a wonderful ride these years and if this is where I get off for good, so be it, I think.

I feel it's going to be a long war for those who remain. I'm sorry. I'm honestly looking forward to Bravely Default 3, that's probably going to be the next iteration of some kind of blue magic that's far more respectful than this, uh..."modern" FFXIV version. Check out Final Fantasy Explorers too, seriously. It's underrated and Blue Mage was cool there.

I'll check back every once in a while. You all have my eternal support.

[ReiMakoto]

Whelp Folks, its seems good old Yoshi P has noticed the Viera screeching before us, it's been an honour campaigning alongside you all, but I think BLU is done.

[Shougun]

Whelp Folks, its seems good old Yoshi P has noticed the Viera screeching before us, it's been an honour campaigning alongside you all, but I think BLU is done.

Someone can correct me, and disappoint me if wrong (lol), but I imagine part of it is the response to blue mage was not as violent as male Viera. There were threats (I didn't see many, but I saw a few), many insults, and calls for firing, as well as contacting devs including Matsuno for the genderlock issue.

Not saying Yoshi-P has to do what we want but hopefully he'll give us time of the day when he has a chance, and perhaps be more eager to do so in that it wasn't as violent a response (yes I admit many were unhappy or did the classic "I'll quit" but it, imo to me, didn't look as nearly caustic). Also just want to add I've seen quite a few people upset about the genderlock and be great sports about it, detailing how they're upset and what they'd like to see and not calling anyone names at the same time (don't want the good eggs to feel like I discounted them, I like you :P).

I think it'd be wise to keep a slow burn on request blue mage advanced job/unlimit, and when the appropriate Q&A options pop up use that too (don't ask the environment art team why blue mage is limited, for example lol).

[ReiMakoto]

Someone can correct me, and disappoint me if wrong (lol), but I imagine part of it is the response to blue mage was not as violent as male Viera. There were threats (I didn't see many, but I saw a few), many insults, and calls for firing, as well as contacting devs including Matsuno for the genderlock issue.

Not saying Yoshi-P has to do what we want but hopefully he'll give us time of the day when he has a chance, and perhaps be more eager to do so in that it wasn't as violent a response (yes I admit many were unhappy or did the classic "I'll quit" but it, imo to me, didn't look as nearly caustic). Also just want to add I've seen quite a few people upset about the genderlock and be great sports about it, detailing how they're upset and what they'd like to see and not calling anyone names at the same time (don't want the good eggs to feel like I discounted them, I like you :P).

I think it'd be wise to keep a slow burn on request blue mage advanced job/unlimit, and when the appropriate Q&A options pop up use that too (don't ask the environment art team why blue mage is limited, for example lol).

Yeah, the BLU discussion has been pretty civil outside of some calling the Devs lazy or out of touch for the BLU implementation (from what i've seen/ remember, there may well be more aggressive responses). For the most part its just been brainstorming how it could work unlimited, and arguing amongst ourselves as to what constitutes overpowered abilities.

[zandervont]

https://imgur.com/Cbj9HzG

Still wishing for some sort of comment from the devs about BLU. Or even their reasonings behind making it so limited.

But it seems like glamour/character looks is more important than actual gameplay..

[MrKimper]

Yeah, the BLU discussion has been pretty civil outside of some calling the Devs lazy or out of touch for the BLU implementation (from what i've seen/ remember, there may well be more aggressive responses). For the most part its just been brainstorming how it could work unlimited, and arguing amongst ourselves as to what constitutes overpowered abilities.

Obviously we must begin spamming threads and harassing the development staff!(Obvious sarcasm) Either way yeah there's not much more we can do with what we have right now, if anyone is planning on going to any fanfestivel maybe bring it up, but I doubt even there we'll get anything more than "NO CURRENT PLANS"

[Anesteria]

Yeah, the BLU discussion has been pretty civil outside of some calling the Devs lazy or out of touch for the BLU implementation (from what i've seen/ remember, there may well be more aggressive responses). For the most part its just been brainstorming how it could work unlimited, and arguing amongst ourselves as to what constitutes overpowered abilities.

Through a process of elimination, analysing SE's stance and what they said, and addressing the core of the matter, there are only a couple of answers. One of which is simply a lack of commitment (to not say something else) on SE's part.

And to be honest, when people were patronising others by saying that they have to be "respectful" and present a sensible argumentation, leaving "constructive" criticism, and that it was the only way to get "properly" noticed. It really goes to show how short-sigthed and ludicrous it is to say that, when after people "violently" protested they get noticed.

To others who might be reading this, let me be frank, I'm sorry but Square Enix is in no way in the "right". And if you think their stances are reasonable you are only fooling yourselves. They're a business, they want money they don't want your friendship or cordial words.
Yes you can be friendly or cordial to them if you want, but understand that it ultimately doesn't matter. It doesn't mean people have to be throwing insults at them 24/7, but at least take with a grain of salt what they're saying and be critical about it.

Nevertheless the fight for BLU isn't over until every last one of us is defeated.

[ReiMakoto]

So, the mr happy interview just came out and Yoshi has spoken about BLU.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...uI/mobilebasic paraphrased, he said that they are going to add "hardcore" content for BLU to do later so he doesnt want to talk about BLU again until then.

Whats you guys' opinion on this, for me im not convinced, giving BLU its own "hardcore" content doesnt really address my core issues with BLU, having some hard fights for it doesnt take away from the fact that once youre done with it, youre done, you cant main BLU, or experience the rest of the game with it. Thoughts?