BLU clone spells

[Kabooa]

Exactly.

Also theorizing in party content you might (if the job were ever made legit) customize your spell selection based on party comp. You might bring both physical and magical versions of spells, in fact you might even use Drill Cannon (the move I started with) if you're partied up with a dragoon since the piercing debuff will add 10% to its damage making it a more powerful spell than Glower despite having a lower base potency.

The blue mage toolkit right now is surprisingly complex and would be a really interesting job for raid content if it were allowed, but sadly most of these interactions are rendered pointless since they made it a solitary job.

Piercing is 5%.

[wereotter]

Piercing is 5%.

Then replace dragoon with ninja/warrior/samurai and drill cannon with sharpened knife.

Ultimately my point is that there are differences between the spells and the spells could be so interesting to change around based on party comp, but it fails because you really can't do much in parties.

[Kabooa]

Then replace dragoon with ninja/warrior/samurai and drill cannon with sharpened knife.

Ultimately my point is that there are differences between the spells and the spells could be so interesting to change around based on party comp, but it fails because you really can't do much in parties.

Sharpened Knife is a melee range cast spell. Not only is this a heavy inconvenience to use, but being in melee exposes you to more danger than being at ranged. Melee are balanced around this by having few if any animation locks, let alone cast time actions. The moment you lose one sharpened knife cast due to a movement constraint, you lost the whole 2 potency bonus you got instead of using Glower, let alone if there is more than one target.

I agree that they have failed to follow up on interesting spell interactions, but I disagree on the basis. There are currently no worthwhile spell combos aside from one, if you can call it that, that can be used on bosses who are immune to CC effects (Which is most of them), and the spell combos that do work are clunky, require low chance spells to land first, or simply are less effective than just spamming Glower.

For a job they can safely test mechanics on free from any sort of worry about upsetting the Balance discord, they have done nothing with Blue Mage, and that is the biggest sin I can point to on it.