Blue Mage - Thoughts on how it could fit in normal groups

[QooEr]

i actually like how blue mage is right now. it being so overpowered at lower levels makes it quite nice when running old or overworld stuff even if youre not doing it for blu log.

[SpiralMask]

i actually like how blue mage is right now. it being so overpowered at lower levels makes it quite nice when running old or overworld stuff even if youre not doing it for blu log.

Actually, I'm curious: could you explain why you feel BLU is overpowered? Since I personally feel the class is pretty heavily underpowered I'd love to hear your perspective on things.

On my end, at early levels you're right--you're a 1k needles one-trick pony of epic proportions (which is soulcrushingly boring). after about level 35 or so when that stops being effective, you find that all your other skills are rather horribly weak unless you have elemental advantage against the target (a mechanic that doesn't exist outside of carnivale anymore, since they specifically removed all elements and corresponding materia an entire expansion previous to prevent titan-egi from tanking ramuh EX--or was it TWO expansions before?). at which point your options are either a long slog chipping at the enemy with drill launchers or your two flavors of "please kill yourself", as status effects are three-and-done-forever due to resistance mechanics, and everything on earth is immune to death/missile/not-charybdis (which the devs have specifically cited as reasons why BLU can't be allowed near "real" classes)

I'll note that even so hobbled a class would still be my dearest favorite in this if there was some way to actually network with other BLUs for skills or clears that wasn't by-hand and at gunpoint--a BLU-specific roulette, or a party matching option for "BLU party/open role" when queuing for things (like we have for undersized party, etc), ANYTHING. I'm sick of having to track down a BLU discord to get anything done.

[QooEr]

blu openers do insane amounts of damage. the fact they keep their high potency rotation makes them great in things like moogle tome farming you can clear aurum vale in like 5 minutes with blue mages