I'm burnt out on BLU

[Pepsi_Plunge]

Right now, I'm having fun with BLUE, collecting all the spells like they are pokemon, re-experimence old dungeons/raids with a whole new job and blasting everything with awesome primal-spells. But yeah, things will get old pretty fast I guess, like the first time the job was around. I'm having fun now but once I've cleared all the stages and collected all the spells, I don't know. Maybe I go for the mount if I find enough people to team up with me - which is my biggest concern right now: You may see enough people for collecting spells and running dungeons, but clearing saving contest with it is a whole other story.

[Tracewood]

Had to speed grind BLU to get to 60. It was getting ridiculous where Party Finder wanted Ather. Mimicry for lvl 50 content now. Had a T1 party break up because there were three people who didn't have it and we were just trying to get Devour. (On top of fighting over mechanics.)

PF parties are slow and steady at least, but I can see this dying after 5.2 launches and those who want the mount are out of luck.

Unless they decide to make a log for "limited" jobs instead of just BLU, otherwise it's going DOA if you're a latecomer... seems to be a theme for this game. I like the carnivale, I'd rather learn new spells from there instead of hoping for a dungeon/raid run. This patch did allow me to get all my ARR BLU spells that I missed because I was late to the party and no one did BLU anything until this patch.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Had to speed grind BLU to get to 60. It was getting ridiculous where Party Finder wanted Ather. Mimicry for lvl 50 content now. Had a T1 party break up because there were three people who didn't have it and we were just trying to get Devour. (On top of fighting over mechanics.)

You can get Devour from the rotting goobue boss in the Lost City of Amdapor.

[Berteaux_Braumegain]

Right now, I'm having fun with BLUE, collecting all the spells like they are pokemon, re-experimence old dungeons/raids with a whole new job and blasting everything with awesome primal-spells. But yeah, things will get old pretty fast I guess, like the first time the job was around. I'm having fun now but once I've cleared all the stages and collected all the spells, I don't know. Maybe I go for the mount if I find enough people to team up with me - which is my biggest concern right now: You may see enough people for collecting spells and running dungeons, but clearing saving contest with it is a whole other story.

I recommend joining some Discord groups if you want to do the Savage content. It's a lot less messier than putting up a PF and hoping that you get seven other people who have Aetherial Mimicry, the Raise, understanding of mechanics, and practice doing the content you're hoping to clear. I'm in four personally, so I could recommend you some if you want.

But yeah, I will agree, at present I'm down to only needing A4S, A8S, and A12S clears on BLU and then I'll have all of the achievements tied to the content. And then I guess I won't really touch it again for another year or so aside from when I want to get some Allied Seals for Teleport tickets or mess around with it a little bit? That feels like kind of a bummer, considering I do like what was added and hope that they continue making improvements to BLU over time. I just want something more than what's already here.

[Tracewood]

You can get Devour from the rotting goobue boss in the Lost City of Amdapor.

Did not know this, thank you!

[Silver-Strider]

Did not know this, thank you!

Can also get from Cerberus in WoD but Goobue boss is probably the easiest to get it from.

[NealSnow]

If they wanna keep blue mage itself limited here's a solution for both... make a "brand new" job type specifically for xiv, called Azure Guardian or knight idk. Lore wise just have the origins be while people liked learning to be blue mages many others wanted more practical use of the magic prompting them to create their own job or something idk.

I really wouldn't mind if blu was a regular job anyway. Can still have it learn skills too, just deny access to content until they got the required spells already which because of how expansions work that be better 1 spell or trait to learn per 2 lvls, and you can't say do the lv63 dungeon without learning the 62 skill/trait.

[Flay_wind]

I am almost done with the BLU Log (only Ultima Eh, and Neverreap are left) and i can say it's been the most fun i've had in the game past month. Mhach raids were a blast, especially Dun Scaith.
Healer BLU is really fun, tank BLU needs some help, but it's passable.
Overall, i'd say it's been a success.

[Raikai]

I'm near the completion of the feature... 3 carnivale fights to go for Angel Whisper, just a couple of spells missing and done most of the Log. There is the Morbol mount, but I don't foresee it in a near future, unless I manage to find an actual BLU static to join for the Alexander Savage fights.

My only concern with BLU's "endgame" is the lack of incentive to keep doing after you got all of the above and if you don't have an use for Allied Seals anymore:

- The Carnivale is fun (for the ones interested in the puzzle-like fights), but after you beat it once, it becomes kind of stale, due to the puzzle nature of the fights.
- The log is actually entertaining, but after you got seals and spells, there's little incentive on doing the dungeons again. I would join some of the Alliance Raids if I see forming groups for the glams, though.
- I've got to admit, the Morbol mount is a nice carrot-on-a-stick, and something for harcore BLUes to aim for. People are complaining on the difficulty, but SE has always given very hard content (aka Ultimates) that doesn't necessarily cater to everyone


So, said that, my suggestion on impoving the "endgame" experience as it is right now:

- Have a daily Log mark, not just weekly. And increase dramatically the Gil reward (maybe adding Phantasmagoria rewards too?). This would serve as the BLU "daily roulette" and keep people interested for the gil at least.
- Increase the gil reward from the weekly as well. If you get an Extreme or Savage fight, it's actually very challenging.
- Let us queue with other BLUs, or even solo, for PotD (and HoH in the future). The random nature of the rewards there would keep the replayability in check. TBH Deep Dungeons seems like the perfect excuse for a solo challenge.
- Increase the level cap to 70 before Shadowbringers end. If BLU is got to be stuck in 1 expansion back, at least let it be the one before... There are still useful things to do solo in SB, like hunting marks, etc.
- As of the suggestion above, let BLU join Map hunting parties. The fights inside the portals have always been a joke, so having a BLU in the mix wouldn't change a lot.

As for the functionality of the job per se, it is going towards a nice spot with Aetherial Mimicry, but it defnitely needs adjustments:
- Mimicry can be a pain sometimes to hunt for healers or tanks. While I enjoy the flavor of the spell, I have to admit that. Next content patch, let Martyn have the Blue Mage Guild actual office, and put there a healer and a tank "totem" so you can Mimicry from them, in case you don't find any other subjects running around.
- Angel Whisper having a recast time is terrible. Take it away, or at least reduce it to a 60s. 300 is way too much, since the self-destruct abilities leavea debuff now to deter people from using them repeatedly.
- Healers need a fast reactive healing spell like Tetragrammaton. Swiftcast is the only way to do that atm and it's not that reliable due to the long recast time.
- Tanks need better mitigation tools, period.
- Primal spells tailored for tanks or healers. They are basically the OGCDs of the job, but basically all of them just cater to the dps aspect of the job.

[Ekke]

Is there a discord group for Aether? I've found a Primal and Crystal group on the reddit but can't find one for Aether.