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Tank: Blue Mage
Weapon: Falchion and Shield
Healer: Geomancer
Weapon: Bell
Type: Shielder like Scholar using White-Mage-esque spells.
Damage-Dealer: Dancer
Type: Melee range supporter using debuffs to enemies rather than buffs to the group like bards.
a mace and shield would be nicer really
the game lacks blunt weapons
and sharing shields with paladin would be alright
Personally would enjoy XI version of GEO. A DPS/Healer/Support role - but not sure how to make it work in XIV.
I would personally want BLU before we get DNC but again not sure how to get BLU and monster ability learning to work.
I was thinking about Geomancer a little bit ago, and was wondering if there'd be some way to create a sort of way for the GEO to create their own terrain on the fly, sort of mixing Bard's songs with AST's sects in a placeable AoE. I haven't put too much thought into it because linking the job's main function to ground targeting would be absolute hell, I would think. Maybe center it on the GEO or their target?
Also, balance would be hell as well, I would think.
I hope if they add dancer they make it into a healer.
I doubt that they'll add 2 healers though, and geomancers are being shown everywhere in this expansion.
Funny about the sudden surge of interest from the community for Geo and even SE adding more talk about it bit by bit. Just because it sort of gets hinted at does not mean Geo will be 5.0, other jobs we figured we would of had by now and have not.
Anyhow i also would rather have Dancer as healer plus a tank whatever it will be and no Dps until 6.0 as we are already over flooded with dps jobs for the time being.
Oh, I'd like dancer as well, mostly because I've been picturing it as a DPSing healer that could potentially replace SCH in that slot. Of course, it runs the risk of DNC/SCH meta...
I’m not certain what jobs would be considered more realistic to expect over others, but I do know I’d be rather disappointed if DNC was a DPS instead of a healer... and I’d even MORE disappointed if GEO was a healer, as that would potentially make it too similar to WHM... and maybe AST too.
Some people, myself included, are asking for DNC to be a healer because quite frankly, we DON’T want to see another caster healer. We want the next healer to actually dare to be different. A healer that fights as a melee unit would be a good step in the direction of being a truly different healer. Heck, I’d sooner take Chemist over a GEO healer.
As for GEO, I’d prefer it to be our first DoM Tank. I can already envision a tank GEO using earth and wind spells to create various shields of sorts. Perhaps ones that inflict counter damage too.
Finally, as much as I want BLU, I’m not expecting it for the next expansion, due to the way the developers have talked about it, along with them saying things along the lines of only 2 jobs per expansion now. Hopefully a tank and healer this time, or else risk the wrath of tank and healer mains who will start to feel very shafted and ignored on not getting new toys to play with in their preferred role.
Dancer as evasion tank. Make it happen SE.