Thread: Blue Ideas/New Job Idea(s)

I feel like, what should really happen, is have BLU as it stands right now, but when you unlock a certain set of spells it unlocks BLU as that specific "Role" where you are forced to use those skills, plus X number of other skills of your choice, but allows you to do DF stuff properly as that role, with needed stat changes as required (ie, BLU tank needs more Vit/HP to be a proper tank). I'm not sure this could actually work, but it would guarantee that, if a BLU is in the DF at random, they actually have the "required" skills to do their job effectively.

The problem with making BLU a normal job is that there's no way to guarantee someone will have all the necessary spells learned (or set) at any given level. Not unless you have them learn everything automatically like the other jobs, but that kind of defeats the purpose.

Agreed on Loom and Moon Flute. They both fee really bad right now. Loom's cast time means it's only ever useful for the few carnivale fights that require it. Any other time it's faster to just run. Moon Flute is similar. It's only useful as a carnivale finisher or in very specific "I know the boss if going to jump in exactly 15 seconds" situations.

Originally Posted by Brightamethyst

The problem with making BLU a normal job is that there's no way to guarantee someone will have all the necessary spells learned (or set) at any given level. Not unless you have them learn everything automatically like the other jobs, but that kind of defeats the purpose.

That's (although I would love to take part in regular content) why I'm not holding my breath for that to happen, because to do so in an un-convoluted way, they would have to implode the system they brought up not long ago, and I really see think it's unlikely.

I can do without being able to queue Roulettes or normal DF with BLU. That's honestly opening a giant can of worms that should be left alone unless they change the entire job itself.

However I feel like it should share the same level cap as every other job in the game and as such be able to queue into things like Eureka and Bozja given the way those zones were made. Additionally if they aren't going to put actual stat/substats on the BLU weapons then possibly have them provide boosts to certain spells, spell types, elements, etc and have some spell combo's that don't rely on status effects that are more usable on higher level duty content where enemies are immune to most if not all status effects.

Originally Posted by Deceptus

Other games have solved the boss immunity to debuffs very easily.

"If mob is immune to stun, damage dealt is X% greater".

I don't even think that would be necessary, given the whole Library-esque nature of Blue Magic... You'd just choose the spells according to the content you're running. If it's a dungeon run, maybe worth to put a Bad Breath or a Mind Blast to help with paralyze on trash... Raids, maybe not.

The cool thing about BLU battle design is that you don't necessarily have to fill all the spell slots with rotational abilities to be able to fully perform your role; you have sort of 1/4 of the spellbook kind of free to add whatever situational you think you'd need.

Come to think of it, if BLU would ever become a mainstream job, this would possibly be the only thing to make it stand out:
- Being able to choose your rotational spell "skins", since you have options to which "astral 200 potency spell" you can bring;
- Being able to customize the utility of the job, given this 1/4 of vacant action bar. It would also put BLU in the "support dps" role like Dancer, Bard and Red Mage

ugh this topic AGAIN. blu is never gonna be a real boy. plus yet another thread that will get lost with all the others because you didn't find one of the (many) other threads that already exist and just add thoughts there.