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    Leidolf Kvasir
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    Diabolos
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    Paladin Lv 90
    Lore-wise, that's logical. But you should still have access to the higher element spells that were removed with the 5.0 Patch while on the Source though like Aero III. Then again, I imagine that a trait to switch which spell you use depending on whether you were on the Source or First would be more trouble than needed.
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    Hiraeth Petrichor
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    Excalibur
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    White Mage Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by VenKitsune View Post
    The reason WHM went away from conjury magic is simple. WHM uses the aether around them and from the twelveswood in order to cast spells - On the first, you can have neither of them, thus why the eden raids is about restoring the elements to the empty. Plus, you still have fluid aura (for some reason)
    My issue with that is the story is bringing us back to the Source now to deal with the Garleans again. So, theoretically we should be reverting back to wind and earth elements when that happens. But we won't, obviously. The Eden story line would suggest the same. It's a tricky plot hole. That would then also suggest that if we were to go to another shard, our spell elements would be replaced by the major element represented there. What would happen if we went to the Void?

    Quote Originally Posted by Leidolf View Post
    Lore-wise, that's logical. But you should still have access to the higher element spells that were removed with the 5.0 Patch while on the Source though like Aero III. Then again, I imagine that a trait to switch which spell you use depending on whether you were on the Source or First would be more trouble than needed.
    Not only would it be a lot of work for little gain, it would cause some other issues. For some reason AST, WHM and SCH all have extremely similar color palettes when it comes to their nuke and their DoT at 80. I would assume any new healer would follow suit (perhaps a water based spell to align a nature theme to this) unless they diversify them again at 90. That homogenization is odd to me though, why do all 3 healers need to have visually similar single target DPS?

    More reasons to have a new job completely focused on nature
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