Thread: 4.5 Patch notes are live

Originally Posted by Arrius

Hence the term 'limited'. The Blue Mage gets a special environment to play with, while facing a restriction of being able to attend regular duties of any kind.

Honestly, though: You can't balance the Blue Mage in a mmo environment like this one if it wants to stay true to its nature and identity. 'Maining' the blue mage sounds weird to me because of that.
I mean, sure, I'll level it simply to keep everything on max. But playing it will simmer down to "I got some time to spare, so lets level this job up/do a few challenges".

Personally I think referring it to a job in any capacity be it limited or otherwise was a major mistake. They really should have just been clear with the language and not beaten around the bush and simply refereed to it as a mini game / side content. I am sure people still would have been upset, but at the end of the day without the "word" job it would be harder for people to paint a picture of being a fully playable job in all forms of content.

Think SE was being far to obtuse with player base regarding adding of blue mage. Just my two cents though.