Rework Bluemage!

[Jandor]

This was a prerogative that SE could've avoided. Many people through the rumors and hopes of adding BLU all pointed to how SE could've added some flavor job quests that would basically pit you vs the mob/monster/instance fight that would lead you to the acquisition of skills, but instead we got a rather "hollow" job experience in favor of a form of customization that didn't lead anywhere outside of reviving old areas for a few weeks.

This wouldn't be a good idea, making them part of a job quest with an instance fight means that if they ever want to alter the jobs skills they would have to remake the quests.

The job trainer saying you need to get X Y & Z skills to proceed and then leaving you to figure it out would be better. The only requirement then is that the mobs exist somewhere and are a level the BLU can realistically fight.

[Mahrze]

This wouldn't be a good idea, making them part of a job quest with an instance fight means that if they ever want to alter the jobs skills they would have to remake the quests.

The job trainer saying you need to get X Y & Z skills to proceed and then leaving you to figure it out would be better. The only requirement then is that the mobs exist somewhere and are a level the BLU can realistically fight.

That would also have an issue that is the same now. I've seen a lot of people in NN when talking about BLU and they are newbies, having no idea where or how to get some spells. Specially when they decided to gate many of them in content that they have to do with other players and cannot solo.

[Jandor]

That would also have an issue that is the same now. I've seen a lot of people in NN when talking about BLU and they are newbies, having no idea where or how to get some spells.

I don't think having to go find a mob and see it use a skill is really an issue, it's part of the novelty to me.

[Mahrze]

I don't think having to go find a mob and see it use a skill is really an issue, it's part of the novelty to me.

As it is now you do need a certain number of BLU spell to get walaquee totems for others. So its kind of the same thing as it is now. Your version just makes it more specific, but the concept is the same in its more basic form: "get x number and receive y" I'm not disagreeing. Just pointing out a version of it already exists.


Hence the original post you quoted, where I talk about how hollow it all feels. "Attempts were made" and if the issue was "people will be under-skilled" things like the standard "do quest; get skill" or your version would've solved the problem.