BLU DPS

[Shurrikhan]

They mean the magic and melee loop red mages use. Personally if they do go this way, id say they can make the blu mage skill steal mechanic different enough from red mage to make it feel unique.

And in what way would it's being a DPS necessitate it follow that same stale convention? In what way would its being a tank make that less likely? (Have you met Paladin?)

Its role is irrelevant to its playflow or mechanics of DPS, save that a tank will necessarily have fewer abilities by which to broaden, deepen, flesh out, or otherwise make that playflow or those mechanics unique. Conflating all possible designs for BLU with... RDM, of all things, on a mere basis of role is absurd.

@Seraphor
If there are components you do or don't want in the job, if ever it is actually implemented, perhaps you ought speak to those directly?