oo and my ls was saying thered be like 3 new jobs something like an elementalist and a geomancer or something not sure wasnt really paying attention anyone got any ideas on that?

about the hair, if you look at the picture above the taru, the blue part is still the hat, so it's not a blue haired taru with a pony tail, its a taru with that hat which apparently has that little tail thing dangling from the back

Regarding 1000 needles, I have thought about it and I don't think they will add this skill to the Blue Mage abilities. Reasons being is: One, 1000 needles would be a guaranteed hit basically, eating through any defense except for Invincible and maybe even Perfect Dodge. Two, being able to use this ability in Ballista would be very hazardous, you would see nothing but Blue Mages running around (or at least in my vision). Three, at level 50+ Black Mage, this is the real first time I have ever seen someone do close to or above 1000 damage from a magic burst and if the mob doesn't die by it, the Black Mage who did the damage gets a large amount of hate. If a Blue Mage were to do this in an experience party, it would serve the same effect as a Black Mage doing a magic burst, he would get hate, not being able to do anything about it and die.

As far as the 3 new jobs go, I have heard rumors as well, and they are Blue Mage, Calculator, and Geomancer. Note that these are just rumors, I'm sure SE would show in the near future if there would be any new jobs to be expected. There was that one picture before of a Galka riding a chocobo in practically pure yellow gear. Perhaps that is a new job, but then again, that could be a Paladin in Lord gear.

i guess i'll put it here.

in historical terms, blue mages had to be hit by the spell, survive it, and finish the battle. reraise worked to survive the sure-kill spells, and controlling was necessary for some of the buffer or healing spells (cough, white wind, cough)

in MOST incarnations of the BUM (BLU is too easy, and BUM makes me laugh a little) the ability allowing them to learn the skill was simply called Learning. and to top it all off, all skills used MP with very few exceptions.

i could also see them adding monster skills to monsters that are already in but don't have the spell/skill(i haven't seen) in the game.

goblin hammer = 1/2 MP (Drinks the Ballista WHM/BLM blood)
White Wind = Healer role in PT
Trine = AoE, lightning damage, Nuker role (farming with BLU)

How i forsee things. the BLU 2hr would be related to speed of casting, mp usage, (cough, level limit release[see later]) or some other mage aspect of actually USING the skills, not GETTING the skills, or else ALL the skills would be acquired VERY QUICKLY thru almost surgical hunting/farming and HLPT tanking
i could forsee the BLU lvl5 skill is 'learning' which activates on a 2min dur/5min reuse, making it require a little skill to use. and besides, how many monsters, in PT, i'm not considering BCNM here, take longer than 2 or 3 minutes to kill, course, i'm also not a high level, but i know a little about the mid-game and end-game from the guy that introduced me to it.
another thought, perhaps the skills can be learned, at early levels thru normal monsters, at later levels, thru BCNM or NM monsters, and, at all levels, have LEVEL REQUIREMENTS TO USE (1000 needles would work as a lvl 70 spell for example) consider, in history, many of the skills came from monsters you couldn't even SEE Till you were high level in the game, mostly because you couldn't get there. in this game you can get anywhere with the right escort at nearly any level, so they'd have to limit them some other way, level requirements makes sense to me...

consider 1000 needles with it's massive damage or whitewind being PT heal and both having a 2 minute recast timer and 250mp cost. then consider using them for free, or 3 times quickly, or at any level as long (as you can afford the MP)

no level limit for the spells? aight, imagine the hate with a BLM/BLU uses Mana Font and then pops off White Wind for a MASSIVE PT heal, and then 1000 needles on the NM target, and he survives, oh hell, :hides behind the taru:

ahem *rabaotavnaziansafhold* s'cuse me