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[MirronTulaxia]

It really isn't. Again, if they were saying "we want to add a Wind/Water/Earth/Light/Dark/Thunder/whatever else Mage" then you would have more of an argument. Otherwise it just looks like you're attempting to make up claims for why they add what they do. So far they haven't said any of what you are proposing they do. And again, that gaps are filled does not mean they sought something to explicitly fill those gaps.

[Seraphor]

It really isn't. Again, if they were saying "we want to add a Wind/Water/Earth/Light/Dark/Thunder/whatever else Mage" then you would have more of an argument. Otherwise it just looks like you're attempting to make up claims for why they add what they do. So far they haven't said any of what you are proposing they do. And again, that gaps are filled does not mean they sought something to explicitly fill those gaps.

I think you're misrepresenting my argument. I'm not saying 'filling gaps' is their only, or even first concern, but it is an important part of their job philosophy.
They've even said as much when discussing their processes. That they 'come up with ideas for new jobs, and then see where they will fit'.

[BasicBlake]

Also the gap hasn’t been so glaring until this expansion. We had someone using Wind/Earth and a hint of water until level 70. So now there is a gap that needs filled. A chance for there to be the foil to the Black Mage casting and focus. White Mage lost those elements, and it’s not like they are just going to never bring up those elements again. You could say white mage gets them when synced so it’s all good, but story wise syncing isn’t canon. It’s just to help new players.

So they aren’t going to bring out new expansions and not have these missing elements. That’s pretty much how all of the calamities started to begin with, overuse or underuse of certain Aether.