Took me 12h to take it to level 50, got around... 24 spells. Had some fun doing Ifrit Normal at Level 22 and getting eruption solo after 8 tries, also tried out the masked carnival and I have to say its:
A waste of space.
They designed 49 skills for this and most of them are really interesting, even if some are kinda gamebreaking. But none of these couldnt be changed/nerfed so that BLU could fit as a normal class into the game.
I am also highly disappointed that the job only has 3 weapons as it seems? Thats not only a "limited job" thats a "disappointing job". I am really baffled that many people are amazed by this class or have lowered they standarts so much.
They should've waited with blu, even if it would've been delayed to 5.x. As it currently stands its something very niche that only a few people will enjoy. I am not saying that BLU doesnt have its fun moments, but as it currently stands: Its useless. Also the masked carnival rewards are... lets not go into it.
What I want them to do with BLU:
- Turn it into a full fledged Job, nerf/change some spells. Think of a creative rotation (if it even needs one?) and drop the limited job thing immediatley. Its just lazy and a cheap excuse do deliver content that no one will care about in a few weeks. (Which already kinda happend.)
- Give that class some weapons, even if its 50+ like with sam/rdm.
- Increase learn rate to 100% for trials/dungeons or give totems to learn primal spells after completing a fight. Its 2019 and not 2004, the game doesnt get funnier if I have to run Garuda Ex 10 times in 15 mins with friends in unsync.
- Drop masked carnival entirely, I can understand that its now part of the lore, but that doesnt make it any better. Its just a meme fest that serves no real purpose.
- Take the community feedback seriously and change your current plans with BLU.
TL;DR: BLU could've been a fun DPS, but instead it got turned into a solo content dps that nobody will care about and isnt needed at all.