Did the devs lie to us? Either actually make BLU OP, or unlock it

[BillyKaplan]

The core of the conflict isn't so much in BLU's own performance, but the acquisition of its spells, Otherwise it being a wet noodle that doesn't play well with others wouldn't have been such an issue.

"BLU is not designed for party play" and "BLU was designed for solo play" - these statements are true if you keep in mind that it was designed for the Masked Carnivale. They made absolutely no effort to make sure that it plays well in party content because that's not what you're supposed to play on BLU. And to an extent, this would've been fine, but if you want to complete the BLU experience in its entirety, that involves getting all of its spells. At the absolute least we're talking about two extreme ARR Primals. Where even if you run it unsynced, the BLU in question might just not be able to survive through it to even have a chance at the skill. And that's besides the fact that while not designed for party play, BLU is forced to party up constantly for more than half its kit, be it dungeons or trials. And I mean you can 4-BLU dungeons and hope you get the spell at the end, but as we all know that BLU was not designed for party play, many players decided to opt out of that, rightly so, and so the 2-2/4-4 solutions were made.
Which at this point I'd legit say is how the devs intended it to happen. Which only makes this entire thing seem all the more lazy and insulting to the playerbase.

They should've invested more in the Masked Carnivale and locked all those skills behind it. I wouldn't have even minded it that much if the spells were locked behind frigging Carnivale Lockboxes if only because it meant I could farm them myself, as befitting a a job designed for solo play that doesn't fit parties.

But the Carnivale has a very limited lifespan in the first place, that's part of why they slapped weekly bonuses on it, to get people coming back, but even that won't last once everyone has their ARR mount speed upgrades.

Oh, and their "Level 5 Death on Omega" example? None of those skills work on trial/raid bosses or even dungeon end-bosses, so can we please stop pretending BLU was ever designed to run around as an avatar of death and destruction?

Inb4 that's the one boss that won't be immune to Level 5 Death just so Yoshi-P won't have to go back on the example he gave.