Simple Solution to BLU

[Lord_Zlatan]

Well, let's see how NIN turns out...since NIN is supposed to "Not play like any of the other classes", "Not your typical job" and " NIN DOTs aren't like other DOTs."

And with mudra....We can come to the conclusion that Ninja may possibly have more abilities than the other jobs have right now. So, let's see how that plays out...maybe that'll give a clearer image of how BLU could be.

But, I don't think 3 soul crystals would ever be the route, nor do I think it should be. That would mean you can't switch between them during battle, so if you needed to cover for someone as a Healer coming from DD or Tank mode, you wouldn't be able to...which would defeat the purpose of a "hybrid class."

I don't understand. .. you can change jobs in combat?

What you can do, is in fact, switch ur job by changing weapon and or soulstone... what's the difference here?

[Rex]

I don't understand. .. you can change jobs in combat?

What you can do, is in fact, switch ur job by changing weapon and or soulstone... what's the difference here?

....I'm saying you can not change jobs in combat. Which would make the use of a "Hybrid job with 3 soul crystals" pointless. Because you would want the Blue Mage to be able to switch on the fly. If the method were 3 different soul crystals for one job, you wouldn't be able to switch on the fly. Which, again, would make the idea of a hybrid job pointless. Hopefuly that makes what I said a little clearer.

I reference Ninja because of the mudra....it can be something where Blue Mage has certain ability combos that switches it between "modes"...if Blue Mage were to actually follow the idea of filling each role.

But again...because of how the game matches players in Duty Finder content...Blue Mage would have to fall under a certain category. They'd have to completely rework the system or add a category. Because for the time being it's based only on "Healer / DD / Tank" divisions...so technically a "Hybrid Job" can't even work in the game right now.

[Lord_Zlatan]

sorry

We were kind of on different pages there, so sorry for the snarky answer.

But... why not a compromise? Currently, there is nothing in the framework of the game that would allow us to switch roles in combat, which is OK. We ca however, switch to whatever we want out of combat, so in a way BLU would still be able to do that, just not as on the fly and seamless as we are accustomed to. I'd rather have some form of it than no form of it (BLU/DRK, BLU/PLD/NIN, BLU/WHM player in FFXI).

In addition, how about this for an idea. Blue Mage can be the class and the 3 jobs that stem from it would be 1 for each role (IDK... Azure Protector [tank] Azure Reaver [DPS] Azure Cleric [healz] or something).

The class would learn various spells from enemies, while the jobs would enhance the abilities we learn and allow for combos of abilities that would benefit the role, while leaving out others. just a thought.