So... that spiderman shirt... (new job tease)

[Garnix]

haha right? everyone's like rabid vultures, the second there's anything from yoshi or SE they jump on it and peck it to death, i enjoy the speculation of this thread but enough is enough when it gets down so low as AZURE IS A TYPE OF BLUE, BLUE MAGE CONFIRMED

Well, I didn't say it confirms it. But I still take it as an hint.
It could mean anything really, as you just said.
It's not just the "azure" thing, but the fact it is directly opposed to red.
Again, it looks more obvious in the French version in my opinion.
Maybe you are right.
Maybe we are both and it has several meanings, as they like to do such things too.
We will never know.

[Gourry]

LOL, yeah you really called me out. Ouch.

Anyways, carry on being bitter and trying to start arguments over fun speculation.

you're the one instigating I meant i was calling the situation how it was not you.... forget it lol

i hardly call it fun when people start getting silly about colours, like i get it, everyone wants blue really badly and will see it in every word that gets printed between here and feb, all i said was i thought enough was enough at that point

[GMERC]

Well, I didn't say it confirms it. But I still take it as an hint.
It could mean anything really, as you just said.
It's not just the "azure" thing, but the fact it is directly opposed to red.
Again, it looks more obvious in the French version in my opinion.
Maybe you are right.
Maybe we are both and it has several meanings, as they like to do such things too.
We will never know.

You have seen the Stormblood teaser, right? With the two characters fighting? Don't tell me you're trying to say that Monk in the trailer having a blue glowing fist is supposed to represent Blue Mage.

[Bonkleberry]

Somebody seems salty >.>

But anyway, there is no jump to reasoning going on here. We get a weird passage about crimson, synonymous with the color red, and a rising sun. Then we get a passage about azure, synonymous with the color blue, and a setting sun. All of this followed by a picture of a red Mage with a sun rise in the background... The post is either a giant troll, a legitimate hint towards Blue Mage, or an unintended coincidence.

[Gourry]

Somebody seems salty >.>

But anyway, there is no jump to reasoning going on here. We get a weird passage about crimson, synonymous with the color red, and a rising sun. Then we get a passage about azure, synonymous with the color blue, and a setting sun. All of this followed by a picture of a red Mage with a sun rise in the background... The post is either a giant troll, a legitimate hint towards Blue Mage, or an unintended coincidence.

Or completely unrelated and just a hint to the story and whats going to start the events leading from 3.5 to the xpac, which is infinitely more likely

[Jem]

You have seen the Stormblood teaser, right? With the two characters fighting? Don't tell me you're trying to say that Monk in the trailer having a blue glowing fist is supposed to represent Blue Mage.

Red vs Blue seems to be the THEME, not specifically the MNK is a blue mage, or even that the other MNK is a RDM. But, that the theme of Red vs Blue is everywhere at this point. Red vs Blue auras, Yoshi P saying spiderman is red..... but he's also blue, the crimson vs azure poem. Also specifically the word "Azure" was used to describe a lot of stuff with Blue Mage in FFXI, their 2hour ability was called "Azure Lore".

[GMERC]

Red vs Blue seems to be the THEME, not specifically the MNK is a blue mage, or even that the other MNK is a RDM. But, that the theme of Red vs Blue is everywhere at this point. Red vs Blue auras, Yoshi P saying spiderman is red..... but he's also blue, the crimson vs azure poem. Also specifically the word "Azure" was used to describe a lot of stuff with Blue Mage in FFXI, their 2hour ability was called "Azure Lore".

Azure huh? Dragoon confirmed for 4.0.

[Texa]

In French it's even more obvious as it clearly says Red and Blue.

The Japanese uses the Kanji "蒼" or aoi for blue which is the same as azure dragoon/蒼の竜騎士. But the word aoi itself can just mean plain blue, aoi is the adjective form of ao which is just plain blue. They translated it to azure in the game to fit better with the setting.

[Gourry]

Red vs Blue seems to be the THEME, not specifically the MNK is a blue mage, or even that the other MNK is a RDM. But, that the theme of Red vs Blue is everywhere at this point. Red vs Blue auras, Yoshi P saying spiderman is red..... but he's also blue, the crimson vs azure poem. Also specifically the word "Azure" was used to describe a lot of stuff with Blue Mage in FFXI, their 2hour ability was called "Azure Lore".

oh for goodness sake lol

at no point has there been a "theme" of red and blue, and to debunk all of that other trash, the derplander has been officially confirmed by yoshi that hes wearing the new monk AF gear so no, he's not a blue mage, he just has a blue energy aura and no it's not a super mystic secret blue mage confirmed hint, it's literally just to look cool.......

[Gourry]

the female monk has red clothes and a red aura and no she isn't a red mage either
yoshis statement was oh yeah the red in my t shirt is because it goes with stormbloods theme of red there was no mention of the blue as usual that's all come out of the wild speculation of the people with confirmation bias over blue mage
so since we're all over analyzing some flavour text about the upcoming patch let's see....