Geomancer, a magical tank.

[Atlaworks]

I gotta say, reading the list and the class... it does look very solid! I like a lot of it's abilities, they seem cohesive, and everything falls into the correct place for the most part in terms of damage mitigation. My only complaint is that you stole some blue magic and they want it back.

Otherwise, this seems like a solid tank-role idea with it's own flavor, it's own statistical lean(Seems to be more on mitigation as a whole than most tanks, with a lot of balancing CDs and resources as a whole- you're given a lot of active tools), and it's own gimmick(Shields!). Numbers might need to be adjusted, but I think this one is pretty well-made.

Something is still better than nothing, and whatever it would be would at least be something for devs to at least think about. Yes, there might be something else planned rather than whatever lore story is put out, but it's still one less option they would have to take time to come up with.

Having to update the lore portion of a story isn't necessarily bad either. It just means that we the players have a better understanding of the game's story, and that's something the devs would be able to see and gauge for themselves.

You want some lore? Hold on lemme just cobble something together(Get it? cobble... stone... geomanc- I'll let it percolate).

What if Geomancers are like... the royal guard to the elementals of Gridania? The conjurers and padjali white mages are their mouthpiece and commune with them to send their message to the forest inhabitants, but I'm sure that naturally a select few of them are charged with guarding the elementals directly from possible threats- a small enough group to be blessed with their own soul stone, and the limited ability to shape the world around them to their will with the power and blessing of the elements, in order to directly impart the will of the elementals upon others and defend them from harm.