So...About Blue Mage

[aveyond-dreams]

Don't let an echo chamber paint the whole picture.

There are legitimate issues that need addressing. The fact that anyone got it in their heads to remove Samurai's signature ability is something people struggle to believe. The fact that Blue Mage released in the state that it did and they were "ok!" with how limited Hrothgar were at launch speaks to either: complete mismanagement of the individual project, or a lack of necessary resources to complete the project. A lot of their concerns are valid ones and need addressing. Ignoring and shouting down other people's concerns when they began to notice cracks in the foundation was a major factor leading up to WoW's downfall.

BLU didn't get the same reaction, because people just played and enjoyed it for what it is. It's funny when you stated that BLU didn't get the same backlash as Viera as a sort of a communal failure to raise a committed protest, when actually there just wasn't enough anger there in the first place.

I was here when Blue Mage was announced and launched. The reaction was divisive, with people somehow trying to justify why it was ok for Shiva's ice bow attack to take 200 runs of EX to obtain. The outrage was there all right but it was scattered across 300 different threads, not a megathread. The failure to organize is why Blue Mage is still in this useless state, with nothing long-lasting or worth pursuing being added to it. Less longevity than a Dissidia Opera Omnia event.

Again, it's a conflict between those of us who have a high standard for what we receive here and those who are ok with...whatever that was supposed to be, and still is.

I can't for the life of me think of any broken content being released. Buggy? Sure. But broken? Not even Diadem 1.0 would be considered as broken, just very unpopular. I guess my definition is different to yours.

Dare to dream, it's free after all. Just don't be disappointed when you wake up.

We clearly have a different definition of what constitutes broken because the fact that this new mode of PVP released with a bug that renders Bard in permanent walking mode is something that I find completely unacceptable, which is to say nothing of whatever went wrong with the lottery system. Yeah, that is *broken* and so is having a job permanently locked 20 levels behind cap and locked into old, outdated content with lackluster rewards no one at max level seems to take interest in beyond 2 weeks.