Thread: Blue mage at patch 4.5

Originally Posted by Elleia

Yeah, I have a sinking feeling BLU is going to essentially be "side content" and won't be able to be used in any group situations. I can't imagine they'd call it a limited job if it wasn't it's own thing. If it was just going to be a normal job that's capped at 50 for now, they probably would have said that - but calling it a limited job makes me think it's a completely new system.

Sounding like it's basically going to be a playable Hildebrand.

Originally Posted by Mikita

I thought it was unusual that the video clip shows the Blue Mage only playing solo in a dungeon and against a primal. Usually these sneak peek videos show a party.

I'm wondering if by "limited job" they mean that it is for solo play only? i.e. for people who want to play FF14 like it is a single player RPG without dealing with DF? Just a wild guess...

Potentially - they're also adding the NPC Trust system for that very purpose as well. But they said BLU will have it's own unique duties to do, so it may just be that. Hopefully we get more information tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Mikita

I thought it was unusual that the video clip shows the Blue Mage only playing solo in a dungeon and against a primal. Usually these sneak peek videos show a party.

I'm wondering if by "limited job" they mean that it is for solo play only? i.e. for people who want to play FF14 like it is a single player RPG without dealing with DF? Just a wild guess...

I don't recall the Red Mage one having a party, to be fair, but that was a simpler showcase.

*Scratches at the wall of FFXIV like an excited cat*

Is this already available? Wait, when is 4.5 anyway? I have a great NEED for this!

Also, can't wait to play as a Warrior of Darkness in 5.0. My Dark Knight and Black Mage will be pleased~ Muwahahahaha!!! XD

Originally Posted by KageTokage

The BLU design seems inspired by the original FFV version that also had the masquerade and cape.

I really was not expecting them to retain their original method of learning skills, so I'm curious as to just how many there will be available to learn.

The fact that it's referred to as a "limited" job makes me worried that it won't actually be usable in all of the content standard jobs are, though. It would be understandable if they wanted to give players freedom to learn a huge array of monster abilities, since that would be a balancing nightmare.

Prediction: Alphinaud becomes BLU

Originally Posted by KaplanHomahru

if it really is solo only for everything, then I'm done with this game. my 2 cents.

It's probably going to be an involved storyline akin to how Alphinaud 's side story was setup. You probably won't be able to use BLU until you finish the sidequest "job" like how all sidequest's for jobs have been, except in this case you get an actual 10-part storyline that isn't gated by levels.

Or who knows, maybe Yoshi-P doesn't care that much about lore and will hand it out to anyone who's finished MSQ 2.0 regardless of references to it in the AST storyline and the 4.3 "The Swallow's Compass" dungeon.

My opinion however, is that it's likely that "limited" content means that BLU's party content might be limited to Eureka content, FATE's and unsynced dungeons. Because how it's learned is different than being handed out like other jobs, you don't want to get a party that doesn't have the BLU skills to make it work. Another possibility is that it might be allowed in all content, but requires slotting in as tank/healer/dps, by which only skills designated for that role would be usable, consider how other jobs are synced, you can still play a synced job, but a BLU might have all skills as "level 50" and thus can't play any content that isn't level 50.

Anyway, another possibility is that it's intentionally a "solo" sync for all content, and it's more of a time-trial.

I can't wait to play this! But that job gear looks terrible. I'll be glamouring that off asap. It looks like he is attending an Eternal Bonding for Merlwyb and her pack of bloody Sea Wolves. Ahoy Captain Blu!

But hoping for more important information in tomorrow's live letter. I really hope this is not just the first ever solo content only job.

if it really is solo only for everything, then I'm done with this game. my 2 cents.