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?