BLU for Duty Finder and Raids! Show your support!

[ReiMakoto]

So for those out of the loop, here's a full list of all the truly inspire *OP* skills we got

The Uninspired
-8 new 220 potency attacks with varying status effects
-2 moves that combo off each other until mobs start resiting the status effect, (if they didnt resist to begin with)
-Acorn bomb but it lasts longer
-Esuna but a different name
-Medica+Fey Caress
-Halfway between Cure 1 and 2
-Basically Succor but its all shield
-Heart of Stone but worse cos its gcd
-Cover but with a cast time
-Ultimatum but ranged
-2 Damage cooldowns on the gcd
-A random vuln up on the gcd (only useful in a full team)
-2 AOE RNG spells with high mana cost and one with a long cd
-Raise but with a long cd
-Bristle 2 (physical only but bigger)
-A Weaving tool
-2 Primal skills that are almost functionally identical

The actually kind of interesting
-A big attack when you're on low health
-New primal skill that actually has a unique mechanic
-Jank Stance system which just makes tanking more miserable and is a lock in for anyone who heals.


Truley Blu is an inspired and original class worth the time, when 25% of the new skills are just more 220 pot attacks, and a bunch are just clones of other classes skills, with a sprinkling of RNG skills that don't work on raid bosses (which we are expected to do now for the morbol mount).

On top of that we got a reskinned PF that offers rewards that are really kinda lack luster, seriously don't need more allied seals and poetics thanks, and the Morbol mount as the carrot to do harder content.

Did I mention that Level 5 Death doesn't work on bosses, like Yoshi P said it would and thats why they were limiting BLU, hmmmmmmm.

This is what we've waited nearly a year for when Yoshi P said don't judge BLU yet cos more good stuff is coming, this is what waited at the end. More of the same.

[hobostew]

Who is it even for? The overlap between savage mode raiders and people who can be bothered to grind blue mage spells can't be particularly high. Talk about pissing away time and resources.

[Flay_wind]

Well, some problems could have been solved, if they just made some spells insta-cast. Like "Loom" for example. Unconditional mobility tool would have been great to have, but it's still a spell with relatively short range and it still has cast time. Same for the new "Cover".

[Fawkes]

Well, seems like that now you can actually earn a new mount if you clear alexander-savage (all 3 parts, of course) with a full party of blue mages.
https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes.../?patch=latest

This is like the Eureka Pagos of Blue Mage.

[Liam_Harper]

As an example of some of their baffling balancing of BLU, apparently regular lv50 Wind Sprites are completely immune to Doom and Tail Screw. Because that would be far too OP.

[Reneo]

It may be unrealistic but I was hoping to be able to que in df for old content at the least. For example, the level 50/60 dailies would be a good start. You certain spells to be able to use Blue Mage in old content at least. Oh well.

[Brightshadow]

Haven't logged in yet to test the update, can BLU atleast do POTD? If not .... wtf SE.

[ForteNightshade]

Haven't logged in yet to test the update, can BLU atleast do POTD? If not .... wtf SE.

Nope. It's essentially the same as when it released except now you have Wondrous Tales: BLU Edition.

[CazzT]

Who is it even for? The overlap between savage mode raiders and people who can be bothered to grind blue mage spells can't be particularly high. Talk about pissing away time and resources.

When people say "Why are you against limited jobs?", this is pretty much the reason. I'm not a savage raider, but I'd rather not see dev time going to something that only a tiny fraction of the community will actually participate in.

If we can get Allied Seals from the BLU DF, I'll likely do that until I complete the rest of my riding maps and then never touch it again. BLU is such an absolute joke...

[Sarynth]

Theres already an optimal list of skills built for dealing maximum damage on new blue mage, so the only difference is 2 poor souls will be stuck tanking and 2 people will deviate from the dps build slightly to heal

Mind if I could get a link to that spellset? Been looking for something like that.