Does anyone else think BLU feels improved from 4.5?

[Laphael]

Having the spell drop rate be 100% makes an enormous amount of difference ... at least this week.
By 2020, the odds of finding 3 other BLUs (or Hydaelyn help you, 7) still looking for the spells are going to approach zero.

For the spells you just need to do it synched. So you at least don´t need other BLUs for that.

[Shougun]

For the spells you just need to do it synched. So you at least don´t need other BLUs for that.

I think their point would still stand though. Not referring to the 100% mechanic which I think is good, actually something I had suggested when Blue was first released, but on the point that the job is going to age poorly like it did before.

This week there are a lot of people doing blue content, this makes the parties not take forever. Later, like last time, it's going to be a lot slower.. Like trying to get certain pvp achievements out of it's flavor of the month season. Not impossible sure, but when you as a fresh blue mage need x y z s t f q e p t m to start to feel like a real job (as blue mage is designed this is the case) and yet no one wants to join even one of those multiple contents you need to do.. it's going to be ...wonderful. Perhaps if you're lucky and find someone(s) who takes pity on/charity for you, otherwise good luck.

Reminds me of when I had to shout for hours in old mmorpgs, I hated it. . lol. Even in FFXIV I remember I shouted for three days for about two hours each day till I finally got a group to do the Ifrit MSQ back in 1.0... which was so easy that he was dead before I finished the intro cutscene (people literally joined out of pity . . . >.<).

I think the best time for any good vibes is now for blue, so the best feelings SE is going to get is right now- I hope they know that when they're polling for feedback that it's going to be harder to enjoy later.