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    Gaethan Tessula
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    Adamantoise
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    Blue Mage Lv 70
    Quote Originally Posted by jon041065 View Post
    And I never want to see another job just be some side activity. Yes I would have most likely mained blu if it was an actual job.
    Whereas I'd rather have a unique side activity that can sometimes play "normally," if only in old content (which BLU can do, and I do use it for), than "caster DPS #4." Some desires are mutually incompatible.

    For example, I'm not happy with FF14's RDM. RDM is my favorite job in the single-player series and my main in FF11; FF14's DPS-focused RDM feels like a hollowed out shell in comparison. I didn't even bother leveling it in ShB, and only leveled it in EW because they added Magicked Barrier. Selfishly, I would gladly swap RDM and BLU in terms of which were the limited job, unchained from FF14's holy trinity job design. However, a lot of people enjoy RDM and I've made peace with that. At this point, I just wish people would stop trying to get SE to cut Vercure and Verraise out of the kit, just so RDM can inch somewhat closer to BLM's DPS.

    Thus, given that turning BLU into a full job would destroy what I now enjoy, I'm in opposition to that outcome. Even if I fully understand why you may want it.

    As for Beastmaster, I'm less concerned with full or limited job than I am with it having an actual pet as part of the hypothetical kit. Frankly, I think BLU already covers most of the ground a limited job should or can cover, in terms of the activities and possibilities it opens up. BST could easily be a full job with 1-3 "full" pets, most of the fundamental kit on the master themself, and a monster catching/dueling minigame mostly disconnected from leveling the class. I wouldn't mind it being limited either though, especially if SE just doesn't want to make a full pet job because of the (mis)perception that such jobs are difficult to play. I'd rather have something than nothing, especially if that something provides a markedly unique experience.
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    Last edited by Gaethan_Tessula; 02-08-2022 at 09:51 AM.