It is and isn't like AST.

AST channels the aether of other stars, GEO the aether of this one (the planet). The issue is that it uses CNJ spells in gameplay, leading to the confusion, as CNJs also channel the aether of this planet, they just do it through an intermediary of the Elementals.

They wouldn't really have to rewrite AST lore at all. They'd just need to point out that CNJs are actually GEOs through a filter/intermediary. Which would mean that AST and CNJ are related disciplines as well...though that isn't really too outrageous and doesn't change either's existing lore, it's just a twist on how to think about it.

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I COULD see Time Mage as a healer (reversing wounds, etc), but I can't imagine they'd make it one, given Time Mage has always been a damage/buffer in past games where it has existed. Though I think it also has had the Regen spell in some games, too...but in FFXIV, WHM already does, so unless they plan on WHM changes to Medica 2 and Regen, I can't really see it happening, and FFXIV is allergic to hybrids, hence the RDM situation.

Quote Originally Posted by Silver-Strider View Post
I guess WHM would get a Geomancer DPS spec.
I'd be fine with this. I just think they need to unify the "shared class" Jobs if they did more.

That is, SCH and SMN have this wild disconnect now with SMN being the easiest DPS Job but SCH being one of the more technical healers. Prior to EW, and especially prior to ShB, at least they kind of went together as "for people who want galaxy brain Jobs". If they tied GEO to CNJ, it should be more straightforward like WHM so more like SMN or maybe RDM in rotation style.

I can't imagine they will EVER do another Job that branches from a class again. They already have spent the better part of a decade complaining about doing that with SCH/SMN, even though I've never seen anything bad about it, personally.