An Empty Vessel........

[Irenia]

Their damage calcs should be normal, they just have an increased base action damage and HP restoration. Most casters have a 10% and 30% increase in damage and healing, but blue mage has a 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% increase to make up for the weapon.

When BLU was revealed, they specifically said that their damage calculations do not take weapon damage into account at all, and that there is a higher weight on intelligence than other caster's to compensate.

Unless there is testing that was done that I missed, I see no reason to believe that there was deception in that statement.

EDIT: and the weapon damage variance at 70 is so large that a 15% increase doesn't feel like it can cover the difference.

[Deveryn]

If they did this, they would have to make a weapon for every few levels and they didn't want to do that. It might actually do less damage with INT on the weapon instead, it's hard to say because there are some extra traits on BLU which increase base action damage and HP restoration, above what other casters have.

It would do more damage. When you look at handling the ex / sav content, there's a lot of int potion usage which makes for some good bursts. Keeping INT off the weapon keeps things under control. It's not just to keep the fight from going too fast, but also allowing the tank to hold aggro. All it would take is one poorly timed burst to get the group cleaved and wiped.

[Brightamethyst]

BLU is a glorified failed content attempt.

"It's bad" and "I don't like it" are two very different things.

BLU may not be what you want it be but that doesn't make it failed content.

[MistyMew]

My main in ffxi is BLU.
I wish so much this game would make the job a real functioning job that we can play like any other.
It is such a waste of time having one in this game ..wtf are you thinking se?? O.o

we need blu 100% a regular job
and throw a CARBON COPY (not your own version) of ffxi BST while you are at it...we need it fun

many thks

[Jeeqbit]

When BLU was revealed, they specifically said that their damage calculations do not take weapon damage into account at all, and that there is a higher weight on intelligence than other caster's to compensate.

It does take weapon damage into account, it's just that the weapon damage is 1 (the minimum possible).

I interpret the "increased weight on intelligence" to be the traits which buff the damage and healing potency beyond what it does for other casters. This has the effect of buffing intelligence.

[Enjuden]

"It's bad" and "I don't like it" are two very different things.

BLU may not be what you want it be but that doesn't make it failed content.

BLU got boo'd live at fanfest. The first and ONLY time they got immediate negative feedback at a fanfest by the way. Just because you want to live under a rock doesn't make the statement not true. A company that got something like that, for the first time in 5 years would probably take a step back. But SE didn't for some odd reason.

It failed the moment it got announced as a limited job, but the people like you who continue to support a bad decision and terrible design choices makes SE double down on it when it should have been ax'd in development and never seen the light of day as a limited job.

[Deveryn]

BLU got boo'd live at fanfest. The first and ONLY time they got immediate negative feedback by the way. Just because you want to live under a rock doesn't make the statement not true.

It failed the moment it got announced as a limited job, but the people like you who continue to support a bad decision and terrible design choices makes SE double down on it.

However it was received, they clearly got the right feedback on it and made the necessary improvements. The devs and proper BLU agree that it should stay out of certain content, especially ultimates. Some people have a problem with that. Too bad.

[Velvet_Lunarfang]

I would say if BLU is just a job that is dying. Let's just pull the plug and get rid of it . It's a waste of resources and data. Would I wish it be like BLU in FFXI yes I would will it ever no.

[Enjuden]

However it was received, they clearly got the right feedback on it and made the necessary improvements. The devs and proper BLU agree that it should stay out of certain content, especially ultimates. Some people have a problem with that. Too bad.

Literally nobody is asking for BLU as it is to be brought into current content.

People wanted it as a full job before it was brought up to be limited. As it is now, it would have to be entirely destroyed then remade from the ground up to be something usable in end game content. Which is what most but a few loud minority want.

[Deveryn]

Literally nobody is asking for BLU as it is to be brought into current content.

People wanted it as a full job before it was brought up to be limited. As it is now, it would have to be entirely destroyed then remade from the ground up to be something usable in end game content. Which is what most but a few loud minority want.

Who said current? I said C E R T A I N. Maybe that's a freudian slip on what you'd like to see. I know people would love to see it in Endwalker though. There's plenty of commentary out there about how it's fallen behind or been left behind.

edit: found a direct quote "It is not worthwhile currently with it being an expansion behind."

The job doesn't need any kind of rework done and should stay on its current path. It requires minimal updates. This allows the devs time to work on other projects, like I dunno... another limited job maybe? That's definitely something people have asked for.