Thread: Blue mage at patch 4.5

I'm not trying it but is anyone here excited? I was delighted by how Yoshida announced it. First he said... "Blue Mage... Will not be in 5.0. IT WILL BE ON 4.5!!!"

Level cap will be 50 for it though.
It will be a hell to balance this, but seems fun as kupo.

I'm more interested what they mean by "limited job" it worries me a little.

The way it seems to read to me is that by being a "Limited Job" it may be limited to what it can participate in. We've at very least seen Shiva in the video (and learned from her, at that!) so likely up through the 50 cap battles? It might be a balance issue for later content, and that may be why it's separate but... eh?

Praetorium and Castrum as BLU, please look forward to it.

Originally Posted by Awful

I'm more interested what they mean by "limited job" it worries me a little.

Possibly related to that last line "Level cap set at 50" ?

Originally Posted by MistakeNot

Possibly related to that last line "Level cap set at 50" ?

That's what I'm thinking I think "limited" means not able to hit level cap I don't mind it I think they're tweaking how we get X abilities from monsters and are balancing them.

Originally Posted by Awful

I'm more interested what they mean by "limited job" it worries me a little.

I assume it means you can't join normal duties. If all the actions need to be learned, then they would need to gate Blue Mages from entering any duties without abilities.

Maybe the blue mage specific instances will require you to have learned most/all of the abilities, and once you complete them it will be usable as a full fledged job.

Love this! Some people may bristle at the cap, but it's a smart idea. Rather than launch at the expac at level 50, people can level up from 1-50 and then be ready to level more at 5.0. Gives the devs more time to balance the job with real-time feedback, too -- and without breaking higher-level content.

Originally Posted by Thayos

Gives the devs more time to balance the job with real-time feedback, too -- and without breaking higher-level content.

Yeah this would've been murder to balance or even just support if released alongside the expansion. I'm guessing this is basically a glorified beta stage for BLU. Kind of smart of them