Geomancer

[GucciSan]

Geomancer has none with White Mage either though.

It does though. It absolutely does. They both use nature magic because nature is part of their core theme. They would both use that nature magic to heal. Connection to the elements is important to both of them. They both tune to their respective elemental deities for their power to work and grow stronger.

You keep pushing your opinion of what is and isn't valid for Geomancer based off of your own feelings on the matter.

There’s nothing subjective about those similarities. Those are all objective statements I can make about both of them. Whether or not someone can justify its inclusion based on those similarities is opinion, yes, but no one can deny that they are very similar. My opinion is based on the factual evidence I can observe about both.

If the only thing that saves Geomancer from being the same as White Mage is a different role then it shouldn't be added. Plain and simple. If Geomancer is that shallow, which is what you are ultimately saying, that it can't stand on its own legs, then it isn't fitting to be added. I have a higher opinion of Geomancer than you.

It would work better as a DPS is my point. We already have the “Nature Healer”. We really don’t need two. The game could use a “Nature Caster” though; that’s a niche we haven’t hit yet. SMN and SCH are the same thing but they’re in different roles and it works better that way and that’s already a good precedent for GEO and WHM.

Reiteration of my earlier question: What would GEO bring to the table? What is the Class Fantasy that a player could achieve with GEO that no other Healer offers?