Well...this is a mess...So, I guess Blue Mage will progress through the main quest using Trusts instead of other players? My prediction is people will really like Blue Mage, then they'll cull and scale back its power to fit into a caster DPS role. At least that's what I wish could happen. Having to grind for monster abilities in the wild...with rng-based spell learning...At least there are other jobs that will be more straightforward and adapted for parties than Blue Mage like Soldier and hopefully Dancer. Blue magic hopefully won't be such a chore to learn here, because back in FFXI you had to wait for the monster to store its TP etc.