New expansion at TGS: Treasures of Aht Urhgan

[layoneil]

What if...? To learn a mob ability, you would require TP. By using that TP you will only learn ability if the monster has TP itself and thus you must absorb his TP and return it back them.

a TP based BLU instead of an MP based BLU is very possible, but i doubt it would be like what you said.

What if...? You'll have to re-learn the ability every time you face off against particular mob?

than DRG > BLU

I doubt they'll make those abilities that easy to attain. Most likely it will be something like....

some abilities have to be easy to learn, at least the ones that let you play the job. Erase might be expensive but Cure III is cheap.

Monster will drop an "orb". Orb must be used as food during fight, than use ability to absorb monster's ability when you have enough TP. Wouldn't be surprised if they made a separate section on AH for BLU "spells".

item based acquisition of ability is very possible as well.

[Zetah]

Let's focus more on what the names of possible abilties would be, namely the two hour. I think none of us even have any good original concept of what the two hour might be or what the name may be, besides the retarded "Use Two hour to learn mob JA...and be able to use it for nothing else." thing. That might lead to more speculations of how the job can play or something, I dunno. A lot of the two hours in the game have a large representation of what the job is like. Like sendooooooooooooooooooo said, the two hour being the main way and limitation of learning abilities just doesn't seem feasible because it doesn't seem like there's any other use it could be for such as well, win a BCNM or fight, how about that? Perhaps if the two hour let you use a random mob ability xxx amount while you're using it, would be pretty cool to see people running low on time to kill HQ behemoth before powerup and then they just back kick it ftw or something, while learning it at the same time.

[Lordwafik]

"You find a scroll of "Spider web" on the Bark spider"
BLU obtains a "Scroll of Spider Web"
Blue uses a "Scroll of Spider Web"


is how I think it might happen

[Quicklet]

Let's focus more on what the names of possible abilties would be, namely the two hour. I think none of us even have any good original concept of what the two hour might be or what the name may be, besides the retarded "Use Two hour to learn mob JA...and be able to use it for nothing else." thing. That might lead to more speculations of how the job can play or something, I dunno. A lot of the two hours in the game have a large representation of what the job is like. Like sendooooooooooooooooooo said, the two hour being the main way and limitation of learning abilities just doesn't seem feasible because it doesn't seem like there's any other use it could be for such as well, win a BCNM or fight, how about that? Perhaps if the two hour let you use a random mob ability xxx amount while you're using it, would be pretty cool to see people running low on time to kill HQ behemoth before powerup and then they just back kick it ftw or something, while learning it at the same time.

It's easy enough for them to just make a 2hr that enhances Blue Magic strength (a la Soul Voice), but it's equally easy for them to come up with something more innovative.

[mdn]

i'd just like to say BLU is the dumbest abbreviation ever

[Hirronimus]

i'd just like to say BLU is the dumbest abbreviation ever

lol Agreed. reminds me of Blues Clues.

[Elcura]

Other choices include BUM, BEM, BMG, BME and probably others I can't think of right now.

[TheLegendaryCravy]

Assassin will be the 3rd job added. Their final weapon skill will be last breath & final upgraded weapon will let them use ultima masher.

[layoneil]

Other choices include BUM, BEM, BMG, BME and probably others I can't think of right now.

given those choices i don't see what's wrong with BLU, at least you definitely know what it stands for.

[Rawk]

I hope SE doesn't give any indication as to how to learn spider slow, so blue mages can go on for hours killing spiders and lowering the price of spider webs.

[rahskala]

I still think Square should be revamping the existing jobs and fixing the major problems that already exist -- i.e. the number of melees constantly LFG in Jeuno and the general uselessness of many jobs in endgame (you know who you are) -- rather than adding a couple new jobs and making things even more complicated.

But then again, this is Square we're talking about. Fixing problems doesn't sell boxes...

[Elcura]

Other choices include BUM, BEM, BMG, BME and probably others I can't think of right now.

given those choices i don't see what's wrong with BLU, at least you definitely know what it stands for.

me either, and it sure as hell sounds better then the other ones, with the exception of BUM, which would just be funny.

[Hirronimus]

Ironically funny?

[Rawk]

I still think Square should be revamping the existing jobs and fixing the major problems that already exist -- i.e. the number of melees constantly LFG in Jeuno and the general uselessness of many jobs in endgame (you know who you are) -- rather than adding a couple new jobs and making things even more complicated.

But then again, this is Square we're talking about. Fixing problems doesn't sell boxes...

They're always going to tweak as much as they can, but people choose to make and join the parties they do. I remember seeing a thread a while back where an 8 person party can get double digit chains in their 50s using like 2 thfs and 4 melees or some other kind of weird setup. People also think that a well trained and equiped {class a} can't out damage an average {class b}, same goes for choice of tanks and subjobs. SE does need to do some fixing but players also need to be willing to try new things.

[bercus]

Learning Abilities will not be the BLU 2 hour, what happens after a Lv 75 BLU has learned everything? do they no longer have a 2 hour?

my best guess on a 2 hour would be something that lets you use the high tier enemy abilities that normally can't be used when 2 hour is not active.

<3

[Septimus]

The problem is that they have only shown us 5 seconds of footage of Blue Mages in action, so everything is just speculation. Like, it did not seem that either of the BLU had weapons equipped, since mage jobs are not known for their martial arts skills that might mean that BLU skills are not TP based. (But since we have no information, who knows.)

Their two-hour might be something that increases the power of the learning ability, or that gives "astral flow" type spells that you can't use normally, or they could do something out of left field and make "Runic" the 2 hour. (I want runic so badly for a RDM JA. "Kirin uses Astral Flow" "Septimus uses Runic" "Septimus absorbs 34745903476345037848943569 MP")

Basically we just have to wait and see how they handle it.

[Rawk]

Needs more news from the TGS.

[Stamp]

BLU sounds freaking retarded. It's if was called RDM's RED, or BLM's BLK. BUM(even if it sounds kind of funny) should be the correct. BU for blue, and M for mage.. just like the rest of job abbrevations. >___>

[Janice]

BLU sounds freaking retarded. It's if was called RDM's RED, or BLM's BLK. BUM(even if it sounds kind of funny) should be the correct. BU for blue, and M for mage.. just like the rest of job abbrevations. >___>

Just call it Royal Blue mage for RBM

Or Azure mage for AZM

Probably solved.

[Hirronimus]

AZM prolly would be mistaken for Asian Mage.