The new video and Magic Skills

[Hyrist]

Re: The new video and Magic Skills

Woot, hyrist changed his color.

With the way blue mage is going to look? Yes. Blue mage seems to be the job I always wanted Red Mage to be. I am througly looking foward to see what his job will have an impact as far as game wise. But most likley, My Blue Mage will take the front seat above my red mage as far as what I want to specialize on.

Besides I've always loved enemy skills as a staple in every one of my Final Fantasy groups. ^^

[WishMaster3K]

Re: The new video and Magic Skills

I meant your user text, but you brought up a good point, regardless, lol

I wonder. . . will BLU be the job that extradites the melee-desiring RDMs? I think that the large majority of RDM who melee do it because they feel they can*, meaning that BLU might not appeal to them.

But Hyrist is the most hardcore supporter of RDM-Meleeing (He even converted me *_* that was an intense argument, I'll try to find that thread), so for him to say "Blue mage seems to be the job I always wanted Red Mage to be," means that for most cases, we'll actually be seeing meleeing BLU instead of BLU who are simply delegated to the backlines.

I think it was important that S-E decided to highlight the meleeing capabilities of BLU, they wanted the public to know that BLU can do damage in their own right, and aren't simply to be stuck in the rear with the gear.

But a lot of Meleeing RDMs enjoy the benefits that come with BEING a RDM, so I'm still reserved as to whether or not BLU will fit the fancy of those that were RDMs but always wanted to melee. (self reliancy in the means of Refresh, Haste and Cure; MASSIVE buffing and debuffing capabilities; versatility of what RDMs can do; etc etc)

To me, in terms of a solo POV, BLU, as we know so far, seem somewhat similar to NINs, but not quite-

I say this because they have, what appears to be so far, debuffs and very little buffs. Also, they might be more reliant on debuffing the mob and doing more damage than the mob does to them. It remains to be seen how BLU will fare solo, but I'm sure with the insane WEALTH of abilities in this game, the sky is the limit.

-Renarudo

[Hyrist]

Re: The new video and Magic Skills

My goal for 'beating the game' so to speak is to get the single handed sword weilder classes that really accentuate the use of sword up to 75. That being PLD RDM BLU for the most part. I am Also Levling up Samurai just for the sake that it is the only real sword damage dealer class in the game, though it has its own class of Katana to use.

I've always been a fan of mixing magic and Melee, and I hope that the use of Blue Mage as a subjob will have a good impact on Red Mage (Say if it has the ex sword weaponskills you can transfer over) So intend on using both jobs. However, for the time being, I am turning in my Pimp Hat for a turban as I put all of my focus in discovering the skills of this Blue Mage Job, and get it caught up to my Red Mage.

Chance are, with the information stating a A- in sword skill, and TP dependent Physical-Based Blue Magic, you will be having a very, very hard time arguing a Blue Mage to stand in the back lines, its just not worth it to the amount of damage and effects they have that are reliant on TP. Not to mention Scimitars are pretty much up there on the Damage Weapon Bracket, they will by far outdamamage a Red Mage melee to melee.

Of course, how a Red Mage and a Blue Mage fight Toe to Toe... that would be interesting...