Thread: Blue mage at patch 4.5

Originally Posted by TheRealMadruck

We will find out...but I sincerely doubt SE will break from the norms we currently have in place creating a entirely new system for one job. Maybe if they retroactively did so for all but again...I have doubts.

The way they announced it was as a new type of job called a "Limited Job", rather than announcing it as being limited on release with the implication that it wont always be limited.
Youd think if the latter was the case, they wouldn't hesitate to make it clear.

Rather it seems that "Limited" in this context doesn't refer to its level cap, but to what it can do, its limitations.

Leads me to believe you wont be able to queue for duties with it as it wont fit into the role system. Undersized parties maybe, but otherwise is an entirely seperate way to play the game, and thats how theyre able to make it so different from other jobs.

Originally Posted by InkstainedGwyn

This is my feeling. Usually when we get promised "new, unheard of content" we get Eureka: Diadem 3.0 or crafting turn ins, which was literally the equivalent of Rowena in bulk, limited times. They have got to learn that "different" needs to be mechanically different, not just "the same thing with a different skin".

As for getting "more than only 11 skills"? You'll get a hunt log that has 10-20 mobs in it and you'll kill those to get a set number of skills.

I'd love to be wrong, but as much as I love the game, as much as I don't mind the same old thing, I don't listen when they promise "new and exciting".

If they can add 50 skills to the Logos system, they can do the same for BLU.

Of those 50 logos actions, only about 12 are actually "new".
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To me it just doesn't make any sense in developing and revealing a fan-favorite, call it a job, show it doing stuff in combat, and then have it *not* be a job.

Doesn't matter what you call it at that point. If it can't raid, it's not a job, and it's not content. At that point, it's a joke. No better than the Wind-Up Red Mage's description.

What's most disappointing is that this is a real possibility.

Originally Posted by Luin

Of those 50 logos actions, only about 12 are actually "new".
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To me it just doesn't make any sense in developing and revealing a fan-favorite, call it a job, show it doing stuff in combat, and then have it *not* be a job.

Doesn't matter what you call it at that point. If it can't raid, it's not a job, and it's not content. At that point, it's a joke. No better than the Wind-Up Red Mage's description.

What's most disappointing is that this is a real possibility.

How is it 'not content' just because all YOU want to do is raid?
Raiding is about 10% of the game, people are always clamouring for 'good side content', thats why Diadem and Eureka were disappointing, because peoole want side content, and indeed many still do play Eureka.

Originally Posted by Lanntis

But then why would we even bother being out in the empty overworld to collect skills we can't use anywhere else? Such a pointless concept if that's what they're going to do.

Why raid just to obtain equipment that you wont use anywhere other than in raids?

Originally Posted by Seraphor

Why raid just to obtain equipment that you wont use anywhere other than in raids?

Because it's usable outside of raids too, and will be arguably a requirement for the next tier of raid.