How would a Blue Mage work in XIV?

[Arkista]

Blue mage could work pretty damn good in this game. The only thing we wouldn't be able to do is make Job Traits my using certain spells. That is fine we don't need the Job traits from FFXI. We could have 15-20 skill/spells and then Blue Mage Job Class could have some really good blue magic.


We could have a healing spell like Healing Wind, Defense spell like Cocoon or Metallic Body, A sleep spell, single target spells, Maybe some AoE, Then Blue Mage Job could give the heavy hitter Spells 1-2 single target high potency, a high potency AoE and w/e.

. I believe they used Haste as an example of how that skill wouldn't work in FFXIV's trinity set-up without being OP, so it will never be a player spell. From a balance stand-point the limit in the number of abilities a job has access too would hurt as well.

Blue doesn't need to have haste it would be ok.

Blue Mage also wouldn't work because of the limit they have set for player abilities. Hence why smn has not received a Leviathan-Egi yet. It would be "unfair" to the other jobs that aren't receiving additional skills. Blue Mage would probably have 40 different mosnter abilities to use while the other classes have what...24 to use? Until they move past this mind set, don't count on seeing anything like Blue Mage in this game.

I think SE could do BLU in this game. They could give Blue Mage 15-20 spells or more and do like FFXI you can only set so many spells at once. They can make it so we have to learn the spells rather than level up and already get them. The first ability could be a Learn type action like Lancet/Eat/Control" 30 potency attack with a chance to learn a spell.