Quote Originally Posted by RitsukoSonoda View Post
Initially I felt most of the BLU damaging spells were lackluster while leveling. However getting some decent gear at lv 50 and started doing duties to get more pages filled I started seeing things like combo'd dragon voice reaching around 5K which is a bit nuts for an AoE at 50 if I remember what numbers looked like at that level on other jobs. That lackluster feeling while leveling may just be due to 1000 needles.
For reference, Bard's Heavy Shot at 50 ( a 150 potency weaponskill) does around 450ish, which is in line with the spammable spells BLU has when they aren't being buffed by something. Add synergies with Moon Flute, Off-guard, etc., and even the spammable stuff outclasses what a number of other jobs are capable of at 50...

But yeah, the BIG culprit for it feeling weak before that point is they can't compete with 1k needles until you're up near/at 50 PLUS have access to more of the synergistic abilities (some of which are only accessible at 50, such as Moon Flute).