Do you think BLU will ever change?

[Casti_EL]

Just expanding on a conversation I had in a dungeon the other day with a few like-minded players:

So, by going by changes and comments in recent LL about the future of FFXIV and how Yoshi want's it to cater to all types of players with options for solo play, multiplayer, casual, hardcore, etc. I was wondering if they'd ever re-look at the Limited Job (Blue Mage) which was designed for solo casual play.

Granted, yeah it's very unlikely it'll happen (pretty sure Yoshi has said as much previously) but would be nice to be able to play in the same way as other jobs and be able to properly main it (fav class in FFXI).

I know the "role" issue crops up and being overpowered due to amount of spells available , but to be fair - it could be easily fixed. One suggestion could be:

1. Remove Aetheric Mimicry as a learnable spell and instead have it as a class ability (maybe learnt around lvl 15). Doesn't have to be called that, just a similar ability allowing you to mimic a particular role.
2. Whatever role you have via Aetheric Mimicry - that's your role for party (no changing same as you can't change class).
3. Each spell is defined a role (or two, or three) and you can only use that spell whilst in that role type.
4. Adjust potencies accordingly for level (or even don't allow certain spells based on level same as regular jobs).

Yeah, I know I'm dreaming but hey, we all have to have hope don't we?

[Kaurhz]

Honestly, the biggest thing they need is to just allow BLU to do deep dungeons.

[Kisshu]

Honestly, the biggest thing they need is to just allow BLU to do deep dungeons.

And Eureka.

[KuroMaboroshi]

And Eureka.

And my axe Ultimates.

...yeah, UWU has the LB problem, but there is no reason to not at least let them do UCoB (and TEA once/if BLU gets to Level 80).

[Deveryn]

I don't see BLU changing much, if at all. It may have been designed for solo play, but it evolved into a new way to approach extreme / savage content.

We've reached a point where we have almost every possible attack, so additions will be fewer and fewer as time goes on.
Eureka / Bozja and deep dungeon will never happen for BLU because the challenge goes away.
It's already been said that Ultimates will never be allowed as well. Being able to cheese through the hardest content is something neither the players nor the devs want.


My wish list has one item. Mimic without having to track people down.

[ReynTime]

The only time anything changes in the game it's to become more restrictive and/or simple. If you like how BLU plays you're better off not wishing for them to try anything.
10 years and that's really how everything has been in XIV.

[Canadane]

No, and I hope it doesn't. People hate to hear it but the "limited job" idea is actually really fun and gave us a lot more content than some other normal role job would have.

[Misplaced_Marbles]

It may have been designed for solo play

It wasn't.

[Hanayumi]

Nah it aint changing, last I heard yoship & devs were fiddling around with the idea of a pvpve battle royale mode for Blu. Personally wouldnt mind more limited jobs, as much as folks hate them, if theres enough of them it could deem better exculsive content, think it would be cool if we had trial fights or dungeon that like took advantage of a full team of blue mages, beastmaster, puppeteers, etc, more like classic ff that use statuses and elements.

[wereotter]

My wish list has one item. Mimic without having to track people down.

100% agree with this. Even just simple things if they have to keep it coded as is (needing a target) setting up mannequins outside the masked carnival of all three mimicries that you can target, and maybe having the ability to target NPCs for roles they would obviously have, like being able to target E-Sumi-Yan for a healing mimicry would go a long way to making things easier.