Quote Originally Posted by Ilenya View Post
I stand by the fact that Geomancer as written would just be a WHM clone, at least as it was in SB.
Not really, just because they shared nature-based elements that doesn’t mean they’d be a clone at all. Geomancers have used Terrain and other special location based abilities in previous FF titles, so there would be plenty of room for them to shine in their own unique way if they wanted to go down that route. That’s like saying Red Mage is just a hybrid clone of WHM and BLM both, which while true in some aspects it is anything but in how it plays. Geomancer’s in 14 are referenced repeatedly as being able to ward away and banish evil, and use defensive seals and barriers to do this. Conjury has no such parallel to that. So saying that it’ll just be a clone of WHM (or even old WHM) is weak at best, especially given how they have NO nature spells anymore at high level, which signals they’re probably thinking of stepping aside for Geomancer to fill that role as it’s the best job to do so.