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[Skies]

Its funny that so many people want to see blue mage with a sword....

It's obviously because the only games Blue mage was EVER relevant (FFXI, Tactics advance) had him using a sword

way before that it was:

-after a wind crystal shattered
-using Stragos' "Lore" (He used rods, flails and daggers)
-using materia
-Quistis used a whip
-Quina Quen used a fork
-Kimahri was a lancer/blue mage
In fact Blue Mage with a sword is a fairly new concept

The reason I dont think Blue mage should be a sword user is simple
The armoury system is weapon based
As of right now... SO MANY possible jobs use swords
Of all the advanced Jobs I can name... at least 50% of them would seem best as sword users. But not every job can use a sword (balance), So SE would have to be creative with weapons for each Job.
Blue Mage is easy though... make it a job for another class.... People think it HAS TO have a sword but I think we've just seen that it doesn't.
OR
Add a whip class (Remember "Flayer" was in the .DATS?) and make Blue mage a job of it

Actually, that one bolded instance of Blue Mage there does uses swords! And shields! AND heavy armor, though not all of them
But yes, afterwards in games that did not have switchable jobs they tended to have different weaponry. I'd say you can't count Materia since everybody used everything there but-

Regardless, Blue Mage with swords is as old as FFV, where I believe Blue Mage was first introduced? I can be wrong in there.

[Rydin]

Actually, that one bolded instance of Blue Mage there does uses swords! And shields! AND heavy armor, though not all of them
But yes, afterwards in games that did not have switchable jobs they tended to have different weaponry. I'd say you can't count Materia since everybody used everything there but-

Regardless, Blue Mage with swords is as old as FFV, where I believe Blue Mage was first introduced? I can be wrong in there.

you're right... It was started in 5
I didn't mean it couldn't use swords... the point I was making is that it is like 7 in that every weapon could be a Blue mage but thats not feasible in FFXIV. So I was only really pointing out games where Blue Mage was locked to one weapon (or at least favored one weapon)
with that being said....
What do you guys think about Blue Magic not being a class but being learned by anyone... maybe even with materia

[Yoohre_WildRiver]

Blm subbing pgl makes a lot of sense not only because of the int stat but what ...the pgl represents in lore

[Rhianu]

(don't tell Yoshi-P I showed you!)

*Tells Yoshi-P that you showed us.*

>:3

[Rydin]

Blm subbing pgl makes a lot of sense not only because of the int stat but what ...the pgl represents in lore

You mean hired muscle? Is there some other Punchilist lore I haven't seen?
gimme gimme gimme... I actually really enjoy the in game lore

[Yoohre_WildRiver]

Flayer + mrd = bst .... and flayer + thm = blu.

[BrusselSprout]

*Tells Yoshi-P that you showed us.*

>:3

D: noooooooooooo

*never gets info again*

[Rhianu]

*never gets info again*

Mwahahahaha!

[Yoohre_WildRiver]

... You dont get what i mean... Yes you are hired muscle but i was going more into tje mentality and moral if the pgl as a class

[Rydin]

Flayer + mrd = bst .... and flayer + thm = blu.

I wouldn't mind that
Yoshi-P does like to ramble on in interviews though
He said he was "contemplating" (See: not implementing, but considering) Beastmaster being a class and its first job being summoner

I really do like Flayer + Thm = Blue Mage though... I like that A LOT
I guess a lot of it depends on how many classes and jobs they want to add... and the timetable
Will they add classes with a job for them... or first will they add a second job to each class?
4 classes per expansion? or will they drop all of the missing jobs/classes at the same time

I personally like the idea of (at least) 2 jobs per class though

... You dont get what i mean... Yes you are hired muscle but i was going more into tje mentality and moral if the pgl as a class

you mean how they both use elemental attacks, even if the PGL is just stances... yea... I guess I can see the correlation