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    Player Seraphor's Avatar
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    Seraphor Vhinasch
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    Zodiark
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    Gunbreaker Lv 100
    Literally what I said, it learns its spells from enemies.
    But if that’s ALL a blue mage is, then do the actual spells not matter?
    What if a blue mage only learned healing spells from enemies? Is that still a blue mage? (because apparently some people want blue mage to be a healer)
    Certain spells and types of spells are identified as blue magic, and they include elemental magic, and various utility spells, mainly debuffing.
    The dual-sword set up is also iconic of blue mage, and... nothing else wields dual swords. Thief/Ninja gets dual knives but that’s it.
    Blue mages have used other weapons, but no other jobs have used dual swords.

    A job that wields dual swords, casts elemental magic, and debuffing spells, NOT being a blue mage... would be very, very odd, and a completely missed opportunity considering people want a blue mage.
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    Last edited by Seraphor; 03-28-2018 at 08:16 PM.

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    Tanathya's Avatar
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    Selena Schwarz
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    Ragnarok
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    Samurai Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by Seraphor View Post
    Literally what I said, it learns its spells from enemies.
    But if that’s ALL a blue mage is, then do the actual spells not matter?
    What if a blue mage only learned healing spells from enemies? Is that still a blue mage? (because apparently some people want blue mage to be a healer)
    Certain spells and types of spells are identified as blue magic, and they include elemental magic, and various utility spells, mainly debuffing.
    The dual-sword set up is also iconic of blue mage, and... nothing else wields dual swords. Thief/Ninja gets dual knives but that’s it.
    Blue mages have used other weapons, but no other jobs have used dual swords.

    A job that wields dual swords, casts elemental magic, and debuffing spells, NOT being a blue mage... would be very, very odd.
    Yes to the question in bold. And let me remind you that what is probably the most known blue mage in the series is a pure backline mage that uses rods and maces, with no physical prowess whatsoever. So dual wielding swords isn't iconic at all. In fact, as far as I remember, BLU dual wielding swords was a thing only on FFXI. Blue mage is probably the most flexible job of the entire series, the only tie-in between version is the fact that they do use blue magic, differing heavily in gear and weapons. They've used from swords, to guns, to staves, rods, or maces. Even forks, mind you.
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    Last edited by Tanathya; 03-28-2018 at 08:19 PM.