About BLU

[rxantos]

Why isn't BLU allowed in duty finder as a DPS? You do allow WHM that didn't went to do their job quests to go in without regen.

You cannot even do PoTD with BLU. Or even join your grand company team to go on your own.

So why the BLU discrimination?

[Canadane]

Because while whm may not have regen (which is really bad to rely on anyway), blu could ultimately have a single attack and that's it. Even at max level.

[Garnix]

Because while whm may not have regen (which is really bad to rely on anyway), blu could ultimately have a single attack and that's it. Even at max level.

And the other way around too: even synced, BLU still have access to all their spells, which could make them extremely powerful compared to other DPS in low level dungeons.

Regarding PotD, the way BLU unlock spells is probably one of the reasons why they did not allow it. (either that, or the same excuse they used for not allowing BLU in Ultimate : "It would be unfair for those who took the challenge with standard jobs", which I think is not a good excuse.)
Other jobs going in PotD start at level 1, and learn their spells as they level up and progress through each floor.
They would need to change the system a little bit for BLU to fit in there.
They could do a BLU-specific version of PotD, where you would learn the spells from the monsters? Or they could just give you access to your whole spellbook from level 1.
I'd be fine either way, but I would like them to consider doing something about it indeed.

[Shougun]

The bottom line answer is "because they chose to".

Whatever all reasons you want it this way or that way or think it's best on a Tuesday upside down with R0, it's because this is what they decided. Of course they could have done xyz to for q result, of course many people could suggest ways to balance it or that are often players who fail to do job quests or just fail to play their actual job, so "what about" "if this" - bottom line is they just chose not to.

;/

[Avatre]

The bottom line answer is "because they chose to".

Whatever all reasons you want it this way or that way or think it's best on a Tuesday upside down with R0, it's because this is what they decided. Of course they could have done xyz to for q result, of course many people could suggest ways to balance it or that are often players who fail to do job quests or just fail to play their actual job, so "what about" "if this" - bottom line is they just chose not to.

;/

I'm pretty sure it's because of what Canadane said. You could literally unlock blue, get boosted levels by your friends, and queue up with ONLY the starting spell. It's definitely the way it was implemented, where you have to fight monsters in the wild to get their spells. That is understandable for the majority of the spells, but they could have also done it so that there are core spells that you learn doing job quests, same style as any other job, and then the really powerful spells you have to learn in the wild/dungeons/trials/raids.

[Styrmwyda]

BLU, despite having a red icon, is not considered a DPS job but rather a limited job that has the ability to become a DPS, Healer, or Tank with the right abilities.

[Shougun]

I'm pretty sure it's because of what Canadane said. You could literally unlock blue, get boosted levels by your friends, and queue up with ONLY the starting spell. It's definitely the way it was implemented, where you have to fight monsters in the wild to get their spells. That is understandable for the majority of the spells, but they could have also done it so that there are core spells that you learn doing job quests, same style as any other job, and then the really powerful spells you have to learn in the wild/dungeons/trials/raids.

I didn't mean to suggest Canadane was wrong, I meant to say the bottom line reason is this is what they wanted to do. They could have done other things, they just didn't. They could have had other designs, they didn't- this is what they wanted.

I don't even say that like "yaaay this is what they wanted, I love it don't touch it!" lol (I don't, not that others are not allowed to like it, this might be exactly what someone else wanted, opinions and all are free to have lol)- it's just clear while they could have done x y z and any reason why they didn't is honestly just superficial, as in the reason they don't do it now is not because it's an unimaginable solution - it's that they didn't want to make that sort of content, you could construct around Canadane's given issue, of course more work but you could do stuff (and if you were designing form the beginning rather than after the fact you wouldn't even have to "design around" it since you could have had it be a key part of the design in the first place; a priori vs a posteriori). Even you yourself make examples of ways they might have done what OP wanted without the issues mentioned by others. Ultimately as I said "this is what it is because this is what they chose to do".

It's different than perhaps they create something and an unintentional consequence happened because of this, this is they made a content that performs exactly how they designed it to perform and so the answer as to why it doesn't do other things while you might be able to point out challenges at the end of the day it's because it's doing what they made it do. Why are Trust members not part of your squadron? Because they decided they didn't want to do that. You might come up with other reasons why that add challenges, but in that situation it was clear it was a design choice not a failure of thought. Blue Mage does what it was designed to be, of course you can like or not like that and ask or not ask for changes- but I mean to say "why is it the way it is now" and my answer is "because this was their vision" you might suggest issues which may be hurdles they'd have to consider (as with the implementation of almost literally anything, always challenges to consider), but in the end "this is what they were making because this is what they wanted to make".

Which you can also back up by the fact that in ARR beta, long long long ago, Yoshida had already detailed out some thoughts on what blue mage would be (a side content / mini game with a fairly large spell book), it's not like they arrived to this job after long periods of hard challenging deliberation and technical impossibilities, it was thought to be this way since before ARR was even published. They could have done something different, they didn't, and it was by choice.

So if it was looking like I was trying to tell them their answer was bad or something then that wasn't my intention.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Given that you could either go into Sastasha with an array of high-end primal spells, or go after Alexander Prime with nothing but Water Cannon, it's kind of impossible to balance it properly.

[rxantos]

Then at least place all the spells either in the world or the carnival. Instead of locking them behind dungeons. It also does not explain why your personal party that you get by being captain of a grand company cannot be used to do so.

I dislike pestering people in the FC to complete the spell book. I also dislike waiting several hours to form a party of volunteers. I leveled up all jobs to 80 except for BLU to 60. But I am stuck getting the remaining magics. I guess I should give up trying to do so and wait for the BLU patch to see if things change. Somehow I doubt they will.

[van_arn]

Blu needs to stay out of duty finder. It’s fantastic as it is.

They honestly wrecked blu with powerleveling early on. You don’t need to find a powerlevel for it either; you simply need to learn spells along the way.

If any matching system is to be added, we’ll need more limited jobs first and that matching system needs to work only with limited jobs. Until then, be social with blu via pf or a blu community or enjoy leveling a different job to 80 you’ll likely ditch as soon as you hit cap anyway.

If you want to roulette blu to level, you don’t understand blu. Perhaps mentor roulette, but only after obtaining all blu spells.