FFXIV: Limited Job and why it doesn't work

[Radacci]

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Well ofc we want to get powerful skills from powerful enemies, therefor we party up to kill more current content, or solo it later with higher lv.

Only way i can see it working as a normal job, is if they split up roles as with SCH/SMN.
The job is too dependant on accumulating/using proper skills, and always having to swap loadouts, so it's not realistic to have that as normal job. It's a balance nightmare to put it as a proper job. I can't really see it working in normal raids, since it only have a few shared CD skills, that you can buff up, and cast every 2-3min, then spam sharp knife or whatever. Like moon flute, then you can't do anything for 15 seconds. So what is BLU supposed to add to raids in that case?
Basic instinct/mimicry exist to solo - you just go find a role in town, mimic them, then go run a dungeon/EX by yourself.



If they made BLU ofcd caster, they'd have to rework it again.

There's a few bosses you can doom, duno if they patched that.

Most jobs aren't that interesting during lv50/60.
Every time they release new expansion with new skills, i wonder how i enjoyed the jobs before, because they bring something new and fun.

The new stuff at 70, are mostly long-CD skills, so it doesn't really change the 200-220potency basic skills line-up. The powerful skills are situational or long CD.

Yes it's normal content, but for ppl who might enjoy solo play, more. Or catch up with old content, if they have been away a while. Can be difficult to find groups for stuff like that, outside of the community around it.

Achievement doesn't define a job, it's just an achievement - even if it's intended as solo job, doesn't mean you can't do an achievement for it.

There's no new content, for the same reason other jobs don't get new skills - it's added every new expansion. Limited job is for old content, not new ones, so what content do you think they should add, when there isn't any new old content?

Also i think it's a bit of an RP job, since it has different skills for different elements, which really only matter in carnival, but outside it, you can run whatever 28-skill setup you like, from growing list of skills.

Not sure if i'd mind it being s normal job, but i don't see how it would work without getting convoluted and just bothersome. Every time i want to join a party for some difficult content like Alexander, i need to sit and swap out entire skill-set, depending on if i want to dps/tank/heal - i'd rather just try to solo stuff.

If we could do current content, then what use would there be in any other jobs, since you could just solo everything?