So...About Blue Mage

[Garnix]

I don't care what they do with the job.
But they clearly NEED to do something.

Updating it to level 80 and making new spells is not enough, as it would, again, just be a temporary thing that people will play for a couple weeks and then not touch until the next update.

If they want to keep it limited, they should at least give it some long term goals.
Give it its own currency for example...I don't know...Maybe even with a weekly cap.
A BLU roulette etc.

If there is no plan for such long term goals, then they should at least change the concept a little bit.
It can stay limited, but not as limited as it currently is.

[Raikai]

I don't care what they do with the job.
But they clearly NEED to do something.

Updating it to level 80 and making new spells is not enough, as it would, again, just be a temporary thing that people will play for a couple weeks and then not touch until the next update.

If they want to keep it limited, they should at least give it some long term goals.
Give it its own currency for example...I don't know...Maybe even with a weekly cap.
A BLU roulette etc.

If there is no plan for such long term goals, then they should at least change the concept a little bit.
It can stay limited, but not as limited as it currently is.

Right!

1) Leveling and completing the quest line
2) Completing the spellbook
3) Carnivale
4) Weekly Logs
5) Morbol Mount

These are the current main big activities with the Job. #1 and #2 are entertaining enough, but with a very limited shelf life, as you only do that once... #3 Is fun as well, but again, only once. Puzzle fights (at least for my tastes) are not exciting at all for re-clears. #5 Morbol mount is a huge carrot on a stick but depends on a very organized static, as it's pretty challenging - it can be a goal, but I imagine not everyone's cup of tea.

This leaves with #4 as the most accessible fun thing to do with the job on a daily basis... And playing BLU actually is! It's healer version is much more engaging than the regular healers, the dpsers have some level of customization to how they can play and tanks... well a bit clunky but can do the job. HOWEVER... this depends on securing a party, which can be quite daunting when the potential enjoyers of BLU already completed everything.

Pre-release, they advertised BLU as being a solo-friendly job, so they should follow through with that! Let solo players enter instances to complete the Weekly Logs with Basic Instinct! Nowadays, you can go alone with Unrestricted Party + level sync, but it does NOT count for the weekly/daily log completion.