Quote Originally Posted by SerMicha View Post
Also, Picto being chosen over GEO kinda had me baffled. Every bit of setup GEO needed to be introduced is already somewhere in the game, and it's been more prominent throughout the series as a whole. I (probably foolishly) got myself excited to get back to using the elements and ringing those handbells from FF11, so I guess I've got only my expectations to blame.
Most of the setup for geomancer in XIV points to it being a healer. We just got sage in Endwalker, while we haven't had a (full) caster since red mage in Stormblood. Maybe in 9.0 when healer's turn rolls around again.