It sounds to me as if you are merging all the mages together even tossing some GEO in (timespheres is like the aura thing GEO is gettin) making some new abilities and spells for ffxi in the process. Meanwhile completely negatin the need for said pre-existing mages. Sounds like a good job though of explaning it all just i dont see it happening.

I also dont see them removing spells or splitting spells up to tiers like that. they might add tiers but splitting them i dont see it. SE had a hardon for a while tryin to make SCH the regen master so i really dont see that being taken from them. they even have a tier that whm doesnt i think. When they were doin it i remember thinkin I dont see regen as a SCH thing, but i think they did it to make up for no cure 5.