Thank you for making Blue Mage unique!

[Acidblood]

Just wanted to give a shout out to the FFXIV development team for making Blue Mage something truly unique! Thank you!

I know Blue Mage comes with a number of restrictions (some reasonable, some just for being a new concept, some out of fear of community behaviour), but I'm hopeful that this is just the start for Blue Mage and that at least some of those restrictions can be relaxed over time*

Either way, it's fantastic to see a job (and content) like this that isn't shoehorned into the typical FFXIV mould, and I look forward to levelling Blue Mage, trying to learn all the abilities, coming up with my own build(s), working through the challenges, and just generally having fun with what the job can do.

So again, thank you FFXIV development team for making Blue Mage true to its origins, and truly unique in the world of FFXIV. (Please don't abandon it).

*Maybe completing all of the solo Blue Mage challenges (which I hope are actually challenging!) could (in a future update) allow you to play Blue Mage in Duty Finder / Roulettes?

[Oridan]

I applaud them for wanting to switch things up and try something different, but I'll save outright thanks for when the job has been released and if I find it's systems to be fun.

Until then, I'll take slight disappointment over BLU's limitations and cautious optimism for BLU's potential.

[Acidblood]

I applaud them for wanting to switch things up and try something different, but I'll save outright thanks for when the job has been released and if I find it's systems to be fun.

Until then, I'll take slight disappointment over BLU's limitations and cautious optimism for BLU's potential.

Understandable, and I have a few concerns myself... like the initial level 50 cap which I hope they raise to 70/80 sooner than later; and are all the abilities going to useful... however I would much rather have this version of Blue Mage, and the potential of this version of Blue Mage (even if it is limited), than just another mould fitting* caster DPS (or Tank, or Healer) that, outside of its gameplay gimmick, doesn't actually add anything new to the game.

* I mean look at RDM, a job that should be a true hybrid, but that doesn't fit in FFXIV, so instead RDM is simply a DPS with a (functioning) heal and a raise, which are important abilities, but make SMN Physick scale on INT and you have essentially the same thing (edit: i.e. RDM, in its current iteration, isn't really needed if the goal was just to have a DPS that can heal and raise, but given FFXIV's strict role definitions, what else could RDM possibly have been).

[Penthea]

I really think SE shouldn't have announced blue mage as a new class but instead as a new game mode, because that's what it actually is. I think the idea for it is really cool but I admit I'm disappointed that we can't raid with it. I wouldn't have been as much if it was announced as a game mode from the beginning. But still it does sound cool.

[CrimsonThunder]

Lol no.

Killed the expansion hype for more vocal players than not.

[Exiled_Tonberry]

As much as I'm excited for BLU, I'll never stop thinking that it's a job we'll never get to use normally.
It's unfortunate, but this is going to nag on me everytime I think of BLU, and probably kill some of the enjoyment of the job as a whole.

[EusisLandale]

Lol no.

Killed the expansion hype for more vocal players than not.

Aside from around here, I see plenty of mixed opinions and plenty of people quite pleased. I really do doubt this one thing killed it more people than not, vocal or otherwise.

[Lusavari]

Aside from around here, I see plenty of mixed opinions and plenty of people quite pleased. I really do doubt this one thing killed it more people than not, vocal or otherwise.

The Twitch chat was annoying to me, as I knew all the upset people didn't represent the real opinion. I like the idea of it opening up a variety of content. Evoker could happen as a broken version of what Summoner should be, for instance. There is some potential.

[Astarotha]

im pretty happy with most of the blue mage trappings and im stupid hype for 5.0, i just think locking blum out of df is unnecessary because with a few sanity checks built into its skillslots it could totally work with all content, and theyre putting too much worry into "THE META" assholes because those people will kick a sam because "NUT ENUFF RADE UTYLITEE!!!" and its a powerhouse in the right hands

[EusisLandale]

The Twitch chat was annoying to me, as I knew all the upset people didn't represent the real opinion. I like the idea of it opening up a variety of content. Evoker could happen as a broken version of what Summoner should be, for instance. There is some potential.

The emphasis on "first" in regards to limited Jobs has me pretty hopeful for experimental stuff. Wouldn't mind seeing 5.5 end up being a Beastmaster patch, for example. Go around taming a ton of different monsters, especially if you could even grab old hunt targets. Run around with Maahes doing all the fighting for you or some such.