Originally Posted by
Malithar
Had a long winded post that after I reread it a few times, I realized I don't even know why I like Geo. None of it really made sense as far as optimization goes, and laid out in words, it doesn't even sound like that much fun. None-the-less, I enjoy the job.
As far as what I tend to use, it differs on content and party setups. Typically though, Indi-Refresh, Indi-Focus, Indi-Acumen, Indi-Fury, Indi-Frailty, Geo-Frailty, Geo-Torpor, Geo-Malaise, and Geo-Languor all get used very often. Indi-Fend and Geo/Indi-Regen get honorable mentions for their use in soloing/reives/WKRs.
I can see why other's would want more buffs to be able to spread, and I'm not arguing against it at all. Who doesn't want more? I'd love to be able to put up Acumen, Malaise, and Focus and blast away on some content that resists, or buff melees with Haste, Fury, and Frailty, or any combination that results in the completion of the content easier. However, we're limited to 2, period. Until that is changed, I can't imagine Geo and to a lesser degree Cor, ever being on the same plane of desirability as Brd. An enhancer that can give multiple people up to 5 different buffs is very customizable. Marches/Minuets/Madrigals to the melee, Ballads to the mages, even swap parties in an alliance and give them all their own special ordered buffs. Cor is capable of this to a much lesser degree, but it still opens them up to options. Geo though? We're stuck with 2. We do make up for it by being a mage though, back up healing, debuffs, nukes, etc. It's got it's give and takes. It just sucks that what we're given isn't all that desired in typical groups.
I know they've said they have no intention of allowing us to summon a 2nd loupan (though I don't recall ever seeing that a second Indi is out of the question) but a simple solution to this, if they want to give us a third buff is to just add a JA that blows up our current Loupan and gives enemies/allies within range the buff or debuff for 3ish min. We get a third buff, and we give up what SE believes our biggest strength is for it, that buff is now dispellable!