Never cared about this class since this is my only FF game so I was immune to any potential disappointment but I honestly find this to be way more interesting and unique than another generic job that functions and performs pretty much just like any other DPS class but with different lighting effects. I don't think Blue Mage will be the type of gameplay I am personally interested in but I like it for it's new and more original approach - it opens doors for future classes too.

With that said, while I am looking forward to the life that this will breathe into the maps, I feel that more content is needed out there to help liven it up and add more incentive for Blue players.


Besides....


Q: I love the blue mage job that appears in the FINAL FANTASY series. Will the blue mage job ever be implemented in FFXIV?
A: I think that blue mage is an interesting job because you can learn spells from enemies, but honestly I don't think that it really fits MMORPG party settings. If anything, I think it would work solo and it would be really fun to implement it as a job where you go around and learn abilities from every monster, so I'd definitely like to try and do this, but I'm concerned when it comes to playing in a party players would put up barriers if you haven't learned certain abilities. Additionally, in the event you are able to use abilities forever once you learn them, the difficulty of learning abilities would be high, and we wouldn't be able to balance the system so it wouldn't revolve around procuring your abilities instead of equipment. This wouldn't be practical enough to fit in an MMORPG party setting and conversely if you are swapping in only certain abilities you've learned, the true image of a blue mage would diminish, so this is something that I am concerned with.

Yoshi's feelings on this matter date way back to at least 2014. Players who were truly hyped and interested in this class surely should have caught wind of this so, while I definitely understand some disappointment on the part of hardcore Blue fans, I think any bitter feelings are entirely misplaced.