So thats it for BLU?

[TheMightyMollusk]

Tangentially related, but I'm kinda disappointed that all of the new instance skills are from 70 duties. Not a single one from a leveling instance. I would've liked to see, say, the Seduce skill from the second boss in Shisui as an AOE crowd control, or Ame-no-Murakumo from Susano as a line-based primal attack.

[wereotter]

Tangentially related, but I'm kinda disappointed that all of the new instance skills are from 70 duties. Not a single one from a leveling instance. I would've liked to see, say, the Seduce skill from the second boss in Shisui as an AOE crowd control, or Ame-no-Murakumo from Susano as a line-based primal attack.

I both agree and disagree with this idea. On one hand I would have liked to see more spells learned from leveling up, but on the other, I feel like putting more of them as level cap spells means that fewer players get left out if they're trying to catch up later. Or at least that's the impression I'm getting looking at the PF for people trying to find BLU spells. Parties recruiting for level 1-50 spells tend to stay actively recruiting much longer than level 70 or even level 60 spells.

But also I would add that there actually were a few spells you could learn before level 70, they weren't ALL at level cap. Tingle, Triple Trident, Strotam, Base Instinct, Choco Meteor, and Athereal Spark were all spells that could be learned while leveling.

[TheMightyMollusk]

I both agree and disagree with this idea. On one hand I would have liked to see more spells learned from leveling up, but on the other, I feel like putting more of them as level cap spells means that fewer players get left out if they're trying to catch up later. Or at least that's the impression I'm getting looking at the PF for people trying to find BLU spells. Parties recruiting for level 1-50 spells tend to stay actively recruiting much longer than level 70 or even level 60 spells.

But also I would add that there actually were a few spells you could learn before level 70, they weren't ALL at level cap. Tingle, Triple Trident, Strotam, Base Instinct, Choco Meteor, and Athereal Spark were all spells that could be learned while leveling.

I did say instance skills, though I admit I forgot about Lakshmi.

As for the catching up....the level 50 groups aren't filling because people who already got those skills don't want to do it again. The same thing will happen in 6.x when BLU gets moved up to 80 and people who weren't here now are trying to get 70 skills. It's the same problem BLU's always had; for a job that's supposedly a solo adventure side quest, it locks a lot of the best stuff behind group content, then doesn't let you use Duty Finder to do it. If you can't find enough people, you're SOL.

[Nighthawky2010]

I did say instance skills, though I admit I forgot about Lakshmi.

As for the catching up....the level 50 groups aren't filling because people who already got those skills don't want to do it again. The same thing will happen in 6.x when BLU gets moved up to 80 and people who weren't here now are trying to get 70 skills. It's the same problem BLU's always had; for a job that's supposedly a solo adventure side quest, it locks a lot of the best stuff behind group content, then doesn't let you use Duty Finder to do it. If you can't find enough people, you're SOL.

I totally agree, especially with the issue of BLU, as SE stated that it was SOLO content, has to party-up for raids & trials. POTD, Squadrons, even Eureka would be great for BLU

[Seraphor]

I totally agree, especially with the issue of BLU, as SE stated that it was SOLO content, has to party-up for raids & trials. POTD, Squadrons, even Eureka would be great for BLU

Some of the new skills address this though, like Basic Instinct (which is available in an ARR zone) and Choco Meteor.
Making it possible to solo more content.

[TurtlesAWD]

I did say instance skills, though I admit I forgot about Lakshmi.

As for the catching up....the level 50 groups aren't filling because people who already got those skills don't want to do it again. The same thing will happen in 6.x when BLU gets moved up to 80 and people who weren't here now are trying to get 70 skills. It's the same problem BLU's always had; for a job that's supposedly a solo adventure side quest, it locks a lot of the best stuff behind group content, then doesn't let you use Duty Finder to do it. If you can't find enough people, you're SOL.

I bet a lot of this will be obtainable solo with basic instinct, and basic instinct comes off a level 24 mob. Run through dungeon -> murder everything with ultravibes, lv 5 death or launcher if the instants don't work-> solo a boss in similar fashion to the carnivale stages -> learn spell

[Jandor]

I bet a lot of this will be obtainable solo with basic instinct, and basic instinct comes off a level 24 mob. Run through dungeon -> murder everything with ultravibes, lv 5 death or launcher if the instants don't work-> solo a boss in similar fashion to the carnivale stages -> learn spell

Level 70 BLU with basic instinct just melts everything 50 and below, even the extreme trials. I still needed feather rain and the ice bow one, took about 10-15 minutes each.

[Kacho_Nacho]

Level 70 BLU with basic instinct just melts everything 50 and below, even the extreme trials. I still needed feather rain and the ice bow one, took about 10-15 minutes each.

*waves* Hi Jandor! Congrats on getting feather rain and ice bow.

Looks like getting basic instinct and ten more levels is now on my to do list.