Add Blue Mages Already

[Rongway]

why does everyone wants Blue Mage to be a tank?

I can't speak for others but for me at least, it's the same reason I think we need a fan DNC as the next healer.

There's nothing they can do with another DoM healer and DoW tank that won't make people go, "but we already have three other jobs that do this same stuff." Though PLD and DRK have some magic, all three tanks are heavy armor bladed weapon jobs. If we want something fresh, it'll have to be something that is not a heavy armor bladed weapon job, and blue mage could satisfy that nicely as a DoM in cloth/leather wielding a club or whip.

Whatever they decide to do, the next healer needs to be a DoW and the next tank needs to be a DoM. Everyone who wants to play the current style of healer and tank is already playing it. If they keep the split along Discipline lines, it won't draw any new people to the roles. Crossing Discipline lines will draw people who aren't already playing tanks and heals, because the new jobs would satisfy different personalities and playstyles.

[Seraphor]

Snip.

This.

In addition is the Blue Magic spellset to take into account.

There's not enough healing magic in there to warrant making it a healer, and while it could potentially be a utility DPS, we already have that in RDM, and nobody wants BLU to be a RDM clone.

The Blue Magic set actually lends itself very well to being a Tank. You have a good mix of mitigation and utility, and the damaging spells would thematically suit aggro generation as being flashy 'stolen' moves.

[Lord_Zlatan]

This.

In addition is the Blue Magic spellset to take into account.

There's not enough healing magic in there to warrant making it a healer, and while it could potentially be a utility DPS, we already have that in RDM, and nobody wants BLU to be a RDM clone.

The Blue Magic set actually lends itself very well to being a Tank. You have a good mix of mitigation and utility, and the damaging spells would thematically suit aggro generation as being flashy 'stolen' moves.

It does. Also, there were plenty of people that would PLD/BLU in FFXI because you could go into complete adamantoise mode and just take 0 damage.

I am also of the mind that BLU should be a tank. There are plenty of spells that could lend itself to tanking. A healer, however would feel a bit forced. And pls not another DPS ><