Suggestions for improvements to Geomancer

[Alhanelem]

Honestly my main issue right now is just the long cast time and high MP cost of geocolure spells (luopans). I would not be bothered that much having to dispel them and summon them again if the party moves, but the fact that it takes so long and takes a huge amount of MP for the debuffs makes usage of the job very difficult in events where parties move around a lot.

Buffs should affect alliance members- since the affect is applied/removed as you enter/levae the aura radius and the radius is rather small, I think this would be a fairly harmless change.

[Damane]

Honestly my main issue right now is just the long cast time and high MP cost of geocolure spells (luopans). I would not be bothered that much having to dispel them and summon them again if the party moves, but the fact that it takes so long and takes a huge amount of MP for the debuffs makes usage of the job very difficult in events where parties move around a lot.

Buffs should affect alliance members- since the affect is applied/removed as you enter/levae the aura radius and the radius is rather small, I think this would be a fairly harmless change.

Flaws of GEO in a nutshell for you:
- MP cost of geo spells (as you mentioned), this makes it almost impossible to do any form of support cureing or anything else, because you will run out of MP even as /RDM.
- no crowdcontrol spells (adding sleepRA I + II, dark magic skill based sleep)
- no flexibility in moveing/dynamic partys (luopans that dont follow mob/players, indi-spells not castable on other pt members)
- potency of buffs is lackign compared to brd cor

things GEO has going for itself:
- unresisted debuffs.

Fix the things above and you have a golden job.

[Leatherman]

Ok here's my input on GEO improvements:

Add spells:

Indi-Repatriation
Geo-Repatriation (Warp to Nation)

Indi-WarpJeuno
Geo-WarpJeuno (Warp to Jeuno)

Indi-WatchTower
Geo-WatchTower (1tp 1mp 1hp /tick)

Indi-PhoenixDown
Geo-PhoenixDown (grants Reraise Effect)

Indi-Swiftness (Increases Mov. Speed)
Geo-Stop (binds enemies caught in area of effect)

****a Bell that allows the cast of 2 ind and geo spells, second indi castable on 1 party member.

[Zagen]

Indi-PhoenixDown
Geo-PhoenixDown (grants Reraise Effect)

To keep this idea from being "overpowered" if implemented I see it wearing off if the GEO dies (logical after all) meaning it has no effect on them.

[Leatherman]

To keep this idea from being "overpowered" if implemented I see it wearing off if the GEO dies (logical after all) meaning it has no effect on them.

***Yea the effect disappears with the death of the Geomancer, very useful during Boss fights where more than one person dies and the WHMs are too busy healing to get people up.

[Zagen]

***Yea the effect disappears with the death of the Geomancer, very useful during Boss fights where more than one person dies and the WHMs are too busy healing to get people up.

Why isn't the GEO casting raise? The BRDs? The CORs?

[Leatherman]

Why isn't the GEO casting raise? The BRDs? The CORs?

Lol yea have everyone sub WHM so they cast RR on themselves... should get some PUP/WHM to go backup heal and raise people... maybe this is a smarter idea than the question asked...

[Duelle]

Honestly my main issue right now is just the long cast time and high MP cost of geocolure spells (luopans). I would not be bothered that much having to dispel them and summon them again if the party moves, but the fact that it takes so long and takes a huge amount of MP for the debuffs makes usage of the job very difficult in events where parties move around a lot.

As much as you may hate me for it, GEO needs this. *runs*

[Alhanelem]

As much as you may hate me for it, GEO needs this. *runs*

We already have that. It's called Full Circle. But it only returns part of the MP spent, based on the remaining HP of the luopan.