Quote Originally Posted by Lambdafish View Post
I imagine there will be an introductory period in which BLU is tested with a lower level cap, which will be raised once the devs have gathered feedback, and tested the balance of the job, and once they are satisfied, they will open the job up to raiding for preformed parties.
They specifically stated otherwise. This is not an introductory period, this is a brand new system called a "limited job" that is designed for solo play. Their intention with Blue Mage is not to make it playable in group content, their intention is to make a job that does not fit in an MMORPG under normal circumstances. Their intent is to eventually add other requested jobs which they don't feel fit in an MMORPG for whatever arbitrary reason.

They mentioned Beastmaster as one such job, since it uses pets. But other MMORPGs have included pet jobs which tame their pets out in the wild. I mean the most notable example of this is the Hunter in World of Warcraft.