Next up for PvP…more modes

[Raikai]

How do you balance Blue Mage for PVP? Do you think Blue Mage would be a jack of all trades, master of none? Since I recently played some FFV, I would think mighty guard would be the limit break possibly.

Yeah, I feel the jack of all trades would be a good archetype, given the job's background.

I'm not sure how to imagine the full kit, but one could be a given: Aetherial Mimicry - you can use for x seconds an action from the mimicked job. Maybe Diamondback would make more sense than Mighty Guard, probably serving as a second Guard that lasts for less time and makes you immobile.

Cool Limit Break ideas could also be Bad Breath or Self-destruct. It could certainly be a more tactical spell to use.

That is the idea of mixing the job with everybody else, but in an interview Yoshida once contemplated about the idea of a BLU-only battle royale type of pvp match where the players need to roam a shrinking stage collecting spells. It reminded me of WoW's Plunderstorm side game, which is almost exactly that. It's a really cool idea too.