blue mage and NG+

[ZoeS]

Is there a reason you can't replay the msq on blu up to 3.5?
feels like a missed opportunity

Required Class/Job: Any Disciple of War or Magic (excluding limited jobs)

[linay]

Is there a reason you can't replay the msq on blu up to 3.5?
feels like a missed opportunity

It's probably because you cannot do the MSQ at all with BLU (as far as I now). Once they have the job quests in NG+, you might be able to redo BLU quests.

[ZoeS]

It's probably because you cannot do the MSQ at all with BLU (as far as I now). Once they have the job quests in NG+, you might be able to redo BLU quests.

i really hope that changes, blu was promoted as a "solo" job, msqs are the biggest solo content in the game if you don't count dungeons and trials

[linay]

i really hope that changes, blu was promoted as a "solo" job, msqs are the biggest solo content in the game if you don't count dungeons and trials

They can possibly make the change in the future, but they would have to raise the level cap to the max for the expansion first and keep it up for subsequent expansions. Otherwise, there would be no point in forcing you to switch job because the next quest needs a higher level than BLU can be.

[Vahlnir]

i really hope that changes, blu was promoted as a "solo" job, msqs are the biggest solo content in the game if you don't count dungeons and trials

It wasn't promoted as a solo job, they just failed to clarify what they intended to do with it.

[ReiMakoto]

It wasn't promoted as a solo job, they just failed to clarify what they intended to do with it.

I dont know why people perpetuate that it wasnt promoted as a solo job, they literally had a big ass slide saying designed for solo play/ not suited for parties

[frostmagemari]

I dont know why people perpetuate that it wasnt promoted as a solo job, they literally had a big ass slide saying designed for solo play/ not suited for parties

I don't know how you could take that tagline as anything but as BLU being intended as a solo job.

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I have this portion of the slide ready at any time I see this now.

I might keep this for that purpose too.

[Iscah]

I dont know why people perpetuate that it wasnt promoted as a solo job, they literally had a big ass slide saying designed for solo play/ not suited for parties

That was still in the early stages of development. Things change.

Have they ever talked about it being a solo job since all the details came out? Or are you all just determined to hold them to a concept that they haven't talked about in years and clearly aren't trying to implement?

If they kept saying "it's a solo job... and here's another twenty skills you'll need to learn from group content", it would make sense to complain about it. But holding up the same old slide and asking why they aren't following it... well, clearly they aren't, and they're not intending to. Bringing it up over and over just gets tedious.

Maybe they'd only designed the Masked Carnivale when they wrote that slide, and hadn't decided how the skills were going to be learned.

[LauraAdalena]

It wasn't promoted as a solo job, they just failed to clarify what they intended to do with it.

I have this portion of the slide ready at any time I see this now.

[linay]

I have this portion of the slide ready at any time I see this now.

One possible explanation would be it's designed for solo play more than any other job (faster leveling in open world, masked carnival, perhaps being able to solo certain duties at level), but it's not designed only for solo play, and it's not suited for parties due to limitations (not being able to match make or do certain contents due to level cap).