The Elemental Wheel

[ZodiacBrave]

This. It's kinda sad that we have 6 elemental Resistances that are quite undesirable in many ways (Converted gear to Wind Materia IV? FUUUUUU!!!)

Elemental Wheels may be fun for some (like me), but it does introduce a whole new game balance issues. I've heard they removed its concept because THMs don't have every element at their disposal.

-> Ifrit absorbs Fire but weak to Water, making THMs pretty much useless in an Ifrit fight (or any primal for that matter).

I suppose a good way to balance this is to also consider the elements of THMs and CNJs. Nullifies and absorbs may be too unfair, but resistances are a bit okay.

-> Ifrit reduces Fire dmg taken by half, but Ice dmg by double. That way THMs won't be too disadvantaged since Blizzard is also one of their core rotation spells.

-> On the other hand, Shiva will have Ice dmg taken by half, but only take +25% Fire dmg, this is for THMs to NOT speedrun through Shiva with Triple Flares.

I say they should really take caution balancing out resistances, but they should still be there and actually be noticeable to matter.

Alternatively, another use of Elemental Wheels are to give slight boosts to magic. Your fire resistance increase damage of Fire Spells by XX% and stuff like that. For DoWs without proper elemental attacks, I was thinking if they could add elemental attributes to auto-attacks (probably respective with their selected Deity?) so they also enjoy elemental benefits.

As for Earth, Wind and Water elements... I really think they really should implement a Geomancer job for Conjurers to balance out elemental damages. :P

[Viviza]

The elemental wheel is a bad idea for several reasons. You can't play an MMO like a typical RPG party where certain members are more useful in certain situations. In a single player game this rewards the player for building a balanced party and having effective tactics versus all opponents, but in a multiplayer game this punishes the player who can't act in certain scenarios. In a single player game you're rewarded for finding weaknesses and exploiting them, but in a multiplayer game this sets one player above the others. MMOs aren't about finding these things, but of the right tactics of the group as a whole.

Also consider existing design. Black Mages (for example) are not designed around spamming one particular school. You've have to make every element have self-sufficient rotations which would involve adding many spells and cluttering bars. You'd have to balance all enemies to take 'normal' damage from their 'weakness' otherwise mages would overpower everyone.

[Sanadaiyeve]

~I was thinking if they could add elemental attributes to auto-attacks (probably respective with their selected Deity?) so they also enjoy elemental benefits.

This sounds awesome!!!!