I'm burnt out on BLU

[Nalien]

I would like to point out that people don't want old content but with BLU. They want content that actually new, and interesting.

I disagree, personally. Perhaps the majority doesn't want it, but I'd really like old content to be given a second wind. Main reason why I love something like Wondrous Tails and would like to see more content like that. Themepark MMOs have always struck me as incredibly wasteful in how they handle content. How many hours of development time went into crafting all this content, for it to just be dusted off and forgotten forever after a couple of patches? Replaced by essentially the same thing... At least Blue Mage runs through dungeons are somewhat unique compared to regular runs, it certainly needs work from a balance perspective, but I can honestly say I've had more fun running old dungeons on Blue Mage than I've had running new dungeons for the past three expansions.

I don't disagree with getting new stuff as well though, of course. That takes more development time though, instead of (Hard) dungeons they could do something like (Blue) dungeons (the new quests almost hinted at a Copperbell Mines (Blue), for example), but really why bother? XIV dungeons are just linear snore-fests anyway, there is ultimately little difference between Sastasha and Grand Cosmos in terms of gameplay (I'd argue Sastasha is superior, actually). It's far easier to just reuse old dungeons that have essentially gone unused for a significant amount of time. A lot of those dungeons are essentially a daily one in forty chance off the 50/60/70 Roulette, if you even bother with that. If not the only reason to ever run into those dungeons is something like glamour farming or, well... Blue Mage...

[Hash_Browns]

I disagree, personally. Perhaps the majority doesn't want it, but I'd really like old content to be given a second wind. Main reason why I love something like Wondrous Tails and would like to see more content like that. Themepark MMOs have always struck me as incredibly wasteful in how they handle content. How many hours of development time went into crafting all this content, for it to just be dusted off and forgotten forever after a couple of patches? Replaced by essentially the same thing... At least Blue Mage runs through dungeons are somewhat unique compared to regular runs, it certainly needs work from a balance perspective, but I can honestly say I've had more fun running old dungeons on Blue Mage than I've had running new dungeons for the past three expansions.

I don't disagree with getting new stuff as well though, of course. That takes more development time though, instead of (Hard) dungeons they could do something like (Blue) dungeons (the new quests almost hinted at a Copperbell Mines (Blue), for example), but really why bother? XIV dungeons are just linear snore-fests anyway, there is ultimately little difference between Sastasha and Grand Cosmos in terms of gameplay (I'd argue Sastasha is superior, actually). It's far easier to just reuse old dungeons that have essentially gone unused for a significant amount of time. A lot of those dungeons are essentially a daily one in forty chance off the 50/60/70 Roulette, if you even bother with that. If not the only reason to ever run into those dungeons is something like glamour farming or, well... Blue Mage...

I don't think you're having fun because you're running dungeons with BLU, I think you are having fun because you're running dungeons on a new class.

[Nalien]

I don't think you're having fun because you're running dungeons with BLU, I think you are having fun because you're running dungeons on a new class.

When I can freeze trash packs on other jobs, maybe you'd be right. As it is regular XIV gameplay is completely devoid of CC, while Blue Mage, although limited in its execution, does provide it to some degree, and I for one am welcoming of that. I do wish it could do more with that, but this is SE - I honestly never even expected them to give me this much in XIV.

With how streamlined regular jobs are getting, I really don't think I'd have this much fun if Blue Mage was say just another regular caster, nor would there even be a reason to do the content on new jobs given how passively things level these days, though Blue Mages reasons for running content are lacking (which is why I make suggestions to give it more reasons to do so). The fun I'm having is from the novelty of a lot of the spells, and I'm sure that wears off eventually, but for now it's enjoyable and I'd like more of it and more to do with it.

I can also say, I've found one piece of content which I'm absolutely loving Blue Mage for, potentially. Brings back some late-Heavensward nostalgia for me so far and I'm eager to test it further once I actually fill out the spell book a bit more. If it works (and right now I think it will, but I wont say more until I know for sure) then I'd have to say I absolutely love the job, though I fully understand that it's a very niche use for the job I'll have found.