About BLU

[van_arn]

Does it?
Why is this?

Fun little rewards scattered throughout the entirety of the game. BLU is something you traditionally need to go high and low to gather abilities for.

That's not something everyone likes, but it's a nice break from the very ironclad rigid list we get for most jobs in XIV.

[Garnix]

I could certainly see the "important" skills being obtainable easily, but blu does work best when there's just a few rare skills. If everyone has every skill, we need more better-hidden skills.

Missile is a good example hidden behind a long quest chain. Perhaps we could hide others behind chocobo racing or triple triad. Perhaps Doman Reconstruction.

Still, a catch-up mechanic would be nice. If you don't jump on the BLU hype train in the first few weeks/months, getting all the spells can get difficult; not because they are rare or hard to get, but just because it can be tedious to find a party.
So I think making more skills available via the carnival would be nice.
As for spells locked behind racing or TT.....why?....If they ever do a Gambler job or something like that, sure, why not....but Blue Mage?
Locking a spell behind Ultimate fights would be a bad idea too IMO. Part of the fun from the blue mage spell book is to work on it like any other checklist in the game (TT cards, orchestrion rolls, fishing log). If you tell me that I will never be able to complete the checklist because I am not good enough to complete Ultimate, I might as well not hunt for any of the spells. (Unless they do what I suggested earlier and make the spell available in the carnival a few patches later)
If any BLU-specific thing should drop from Ultimate, it should just be the usual title/weapon.

[van_arn]

"Proper blu" is such a meaningless phrase, how to get different skills, the learn method and the ease of acquisition changes dramatically from game to game.

And in this game, you’ll need to have access to a wide variety of party content.

You can unsync it or you can form a party for a guaranteed drop.

If you refuse, then you’ve decided to not participate.

[van_arn]

Problem is, it can be hard to find enough people who want to group up.

That’s fine, not everyone is going to be willing or able to get every spell.