Two Months of BLU: Discuss!

[Anesteria]

Apologies for the double post.

I didn't want to believe it when I first heard it. But today I had to after seeing it on stream.

A new ranged DPS, the Dancer even. So, more classes to add and more of a mess to create, let us dig deeper, maybe we'll reach the Earth's core.
So the gang is getting back together and BLU has to be the one thrown under the bus. Alright makes sense Square Enix. Makes a lot of sense, very coherent and very consistent.
Their insinstence in presenting the same excuses just demonstrates they don't care. Fair enough.

I can see there is no going back so I don't see a reason why I should do so myself.

My final verdict on the farce that is known as the current state of BLU:

A major disservice to the playerbase.

Thank you Square Enix.

[ReiMakoto]

The only acknowledgement of BLU in this keynote is the banner in the background and a cosplayer. Great.

Also to be on the banner with the other jobs do you not have to be a job first?

[Physic]

dropsy isnt a freeze, its a debuff. And yes, you use different skills on different enemies. Also, a number of bosses are actually suceptible to stuns. and yeah, you kill yourself at the end of the fight, not in the middle. In a regular dungeon, its like 20-30% of its health. This means two blu mages only have to get a boss to 40% health.

[Physic]

they are higher elemental level, not higher base level.

also, im not just talking about soloing, i am talking about how blu would unbalance groups, since we are talking about seperation from regular classes. And yes blue could easily tank as well as tanks in eureka, the elemental wheel is strong, and the 40% damage reduction mathematically puts them very close to tanks. add toad oil and 30 seconds of blind, 15 seconds of dmg debuff(bad breath) and they are fine The other key here is they can turn it off and on, they can start fights as a tank, and switch to full dps mid fight to burn things down.

[Barraind]

Blue mage:

How often do I play mine? I dont.

Am I enjoying it? It got my chocobo to level 20 in a couple hours, that was pretty neat.

Have I played Blue Mage more than a normal job? No. I think I did the carnivale a couple times. I gave up on that after I couldn't get the primal spells I wanted in a reasonable time. I'll probably do it when blue mage can hit 60 or 70 and just solo them.

Should Blue Mage be improved? Yes.

Do I see blue mages? In that one spot in Uldah every now and then.

Would Blue Mage exist as a normal class? Not with Dancer as a thing now lol.


Blue Mage was fun for like 2 days at which point it became a tedious slog and required grabbing friends to carry you through content to learn spells you need to get an achievement that gives you a title.


On the plus side, it got my chocobo to 20 really fast. That's the big get from blue mage.

[TaiyoShikasu]

they are higher elemental level, not higher base level.

also, im not just talking about soloing, i am talking about how blu would unbalance groups, since we are talking about seperation from regular classes. And yes blue could easily tank as well as tanks in eureka, the elemental wheel is strong, and the 40% damage reduction mathematically puts them very close to tanks. add toad oil and 30 seconds of blind, 15 seconds of dmg debuff(bad breath) and they are fine The other key here is they can turn it off and on, they can start fights as a tank, and switch to full dps mid fight to burn things down.

Eureka is probably the only place BLU would actually function as a tank. Except for the part where it can't enter Eureka.

[Nighthawky2010]

So, it's been roughly two months since BLU arrived and a month or so again I made a topic to see how people felt about the job after time had passed. Two months ou, I want to do another one to see if things became more positive or negative. Hopefully one day the feedback will get noticed. So, just some basic questions.

Are you still playing BLU? How often? How long? Ever?

Are you still enjoying BLU as a limited job?

The past two months, have you played BLU more this way than you would have if it was a normal FFXIV Job?

Should BLU be improved on as a limited job or scrapped and made into a real job?

Do you still see BLUs out in the open world or in the part finder?

Do you feel as though BLU would not exist unless it was a limited job?

-No.
-Not really. Havent played after gaining 35 skills
-I would have played it more if it was a normal job,
-Scrap it & make it into a real job
-No. I think it ran it course. Hardly see in blu mage in the open world, definitely not in the party finder.
-Yes

*I was on board with BLU, giving it a chance but frankly they should make it real job or scrap it.
*Even though the wand is useless I would have given it stats any way.
*They said that BLU would be over power, i cant tell with some bosses.
*Kind of bored with the Carnivale.

We shall see what they do with BLU in 5.0