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

[Deceptus]

I said this in another thread, but I guess I'll say it here too. It's painfully obvious to see that the framework for BLU to be a normal job is there. Job Quests requiring you to go learn certain spells in order to progress, needing a party to acquire said spells, because said spells are locked in dungeons with a horrible RNG learning rate. All they would need to do is force BLU to go out and acquire any particular spell every 5-10 lvls (increase the learning rate of said spells of course) and the only excuse ppl would have for not having their tool kit in DF and Raids would be what we have now, players that just didn't care in the first place.

And it wouldn't be hard to get a good spell baseline. They've already got the structure, they just need to add more spells to the learn requirement.

Lvl 10 quest: Learn Blood Drain, Ice Spikes, Bomb Toss, Toad Oil, Sticky Tongue
Lvl 20 quest: Learn Bristle, Final Sting, Acorn Bomb, Self Destruct, Mind Blast (your first AoE)
Lvl 30 quest: Learn Bad Breath, Flying Sardine, Faze, 1000 needles
Lvl 40 quest: Learn Peculiar Light
Lvl 50 quest: Learn Drill Cannons, Glower

There. You now have a decent ability base that can do any dungeon. The only dungeon required is Aurum Vale, and Tam Tara for your first AoE.

This completely negates the argument, "They can't be relied on to know spell X, Y, Z". You force it. If you want to participate in the Masked Carnivale, you learn those spells at a minimum.

What about all the invulnerabilities mobs have? Easily fixable as well. BLU spells are similar to a copy of the mob spell. Just allow the debuff to stick but not do anything. BLU Petrify adds the debuff but doesn't petrify the mobs. You can play with however long the debuff lasts for balancing. If it were me, it's be similar to a buff like Slash Resistance down where it sticks on the mob for a while. That would also help BLU's lowered damage.

Imagine actually having use of Petrify and four or so casts of Drill Cannons. Would that make BLU OP? Yes. Wasn't that the point?