Deep dungeon for BLU only

[RyuDragnier]

DNC was already a job in FFXI, meaning it was already made in a way to where it wasn't so godly OP. BLU, even in FFXI, was either amazing or borderline useless depending on what you were doing. And a lot of players in these very forums gave pushback at the mere mention of BLU being a normal job, and I was one of them. BLU does not fit a normal job role, can never fit one. The "magic" in playing BLU is finding ways to absolutely break the game systems, to revel in its ability to trivialize things. Turning it into a normal job basically defangs BLU of its magic, and at that point it's just caster #5, with nothing that interesting about it because you're just doing combos like other jobs.

[Amenara]

DNC was already a job in FFXI, meaning it was already made in a way to where it wasn't so godly OP. BLU, even in FFXI, was either amazing or borderline useless depending on what you were doing. And a lot of players in these very forums gave pushback at the mere mention of BLU being a normal job, and I was one of them. BLU does not fit a normal job role, can never fit one. The "magic" in playing BLU is finding ways to absolutely break the game systems, to revel in its ability to trivialize things. Turning it into a normal job basically defangs BLU of its magic, and at that point it's just caster #5, with nothing that interesting about it because you're just doing combos like other jobs.

I guess I am the weird one for loving the idea and execution of Blue Mage in FF11. I find it fun that I have to do a lot of content to actually unlock the potential of blue mage and I like the aesthetics of it in the game. Also, most all jobs are amazing or borderline useless in FF11, especially in the old days. Look at where Dragoon was in the 75 level cap era, always useless outside of TOAU merit parties.

I honestly think SE could do some really interesting things with BLU in FF14, letting it be the first job that has a choice in it's role could be pretty cool if executed properly, but I don't think there is any will at SE to make BLU into anything more than a side amusement for a week after the one BLU update patch.

[RyuDragnier]

I guess I am the weird one for loving the idea and execution of Blue Mage in FF11. I find it fun that I have to do a lot of content to actually unlock the potential of blue mage and I like the aesthetics of it in the game. Also, most all jobs are amazing or borderline useless in FF11, especially in the old days. Look at where Dragoon was in the 75 level cap era, always useless outside of TOAU merit parties.

I honestly think SE could do some really interesting things with BLU in FF14, letting it be the first job that has a choice in it's role could be pretty cool if executed properly, but I don't think there is any will at SE to make BLU into anything more than a side amusement for a week after the one BLU update patch.

Oh I loved BLU a lot there too. It's part of why I wish they'd just let BLU into Bozja, DD, and Eureka, and actually let us lock into roles for normal roulettes should we have all the skills they want us to have for the roles. There's a lot of potential and fun we could have with BLU, but the devs seem rather adverse to letting us go crazy with it.

[Amenara]

Oh I loved BLU a lot there too. It's part of why I wish they'd just let BLU into Bozja, DD, and Eureka, and actually let us lock into roles for normal roulettes should we have all the skills they want us to have for the roles. There's a lot of potential and fun we could have with BLU, but the devs seem rather adverse to letting us go crazy with it.

I think the whole "required skills" concern of SE's for the reasoning behind why BLU will never be allowed in normal content is a real cop out. I feel like you can gate different systems behind BLU quests that require you to go learn the appropriate skills, ie job quests that are centered around you learning the spells.