Blue Mage source link please

[JackHatchet]

I keep seeing posts about people saying that the new blue mage is a mini-game job or something? Can someone provide a link or a more solid explanation for what exactly is going on with the blue mage class?

[Malzian]

I keep seeing posts about people saying that the new blue mage is a mini-game job or something? Can someone provide a link or a more solid explanation for what exactly is going on with the blue mage class?

Won't be a link until the Live Letter digest goes up. Aside from that you can go replay the Live Letter on Twitch.

[JackHatchet]

Can you sum it up? What's the thing about blue mage? Are they like level capped at 50 or something?

[Bacent]

https://www.pcgamesn.com/final-fanta...-mage-patch-45

[Malzian]

Can you sum it up? What's the thing about blue mage? Are they like level capped at 50 or something?

They are level capped at 50, yes... and this is a good summary though it doesn't cover everything.

https://www.pcgamesn.com/final-fanta...-mage-patch-45

[JackHatchet]

Thanks! Much appreciated!

[Valdegarde]

Can you sum it up? What's the thing about blue mage? Are they like level capped at 50 or something?

Blue Mages will start at level 1, and get increased experience from monsters in the overworld. They will have 49 abilities to learn from monsters (24 which can be equipped at any time) and have a unique arena they can enter called the Masked Carnival. Their level cap is 50 for 4.5, but this may be increased in the future.

Blue Mage cannot queue into any party duty unless it is in a pre-made party. I do not believe it can engage in PvP either. It has been heavily implied that Blue Mage will be increased at a different level rate so that it actually never will be able to experience new content with other "normal" jobs, and will rely primarily on overworld monster hunting and the Masked Carnival.

Many liken this to feeling as though Blue Mage isn't an actual job, but a mini-game side content type thing that rehashes old content. As one user put it, "this is just a gathering class in a magic robe".

[Kerii]

Sigh... r/ffxiv did live coverage of the full event. If you scroll down past the concert blurbs you'll find all of the live letter info including slides.

[Alien_Gamer]

BLU isn't a minigame, its just people trying to give it a misleading and inaccurate label. BLU is no more of a minigame than AST cards or MCH rng procs

[Kerii]

Spoiler for large images:

Not featured here is that it starts at level one and is capped at lv 50. It is locked to only ARR content and premade groups. In short, yes it is just a minigame.