Geomancer

[Claire_Pendragon]

I think the issue is that you guys lack any and all imagination. Geo MUST be exactly like white mage, any earth magic MUST be throwing a stone. Geo in tactics could cause sand and snow storms, summon will-o'-the-wisps, entangling ivy, magma, pitfalls, etc. There is a lot you can do with the idea of "the elements". The real issue comes from the role itself and how the obsessive need for balance has limited what they can actually do. Whatever healer you get, it's going to have a small heal, a big heal, an aoe heal, 3 dps moves and a small gimmick flavored around whatever class they chose because it can't be any better or worse than the others. They could certainly make geomancer feel unique despite using similar elements, but I don't think we'll be getting anything special from any new class they add anymore.

did u mean to quote me? i dont feel ive given off the impression i was of a differing opinion to what u said.

It's about as different from white mage as summoner is from scholar. I'm just sad that arcanist got the split and conjurer never got it's, that was found in 1.0. Would have loved to see "Landshift" and totems back then. So at one point they did think they are similar enough to come from the same line, but different enough to still think of releasing.

I agree, I find those two too similar as well. But Im fine if they are split from the same class, as it would then make sense. (in this case, if GEO was split from CNJ, but something else, like a caster DPS or something)

they aren't going to put in a white mage reskin.

If the new healer uses robes, doesnt either melee, or primarily rely on a physical ranged weapon, has cast bars for their heals, and has no other mechanics that healers currently lack (such as a full time GCD reduction, like constant 2s GCD w/o spell speed. or combos, where cures lead into other cures, w/o procs, etc)
then its just a reskinned WHM. But we all know its going to be a reskinned WHM with a gimmick, like SCH is WHM with a fairy, and AST is WHM with cards.
It will be WHM with X.
And since GEOs primary gimmick is the terrain they stand on, it doest seem "likely" GEOs gimmick would happen, which only makes ppl assume its even more likely to just be WHM w/o gimmick X. (EDIT: this only applies if the new healer was GEO)