Geomancer vs Blue Mage

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Also I'm not sure if you're saying FFXI made BLU a support or the opposite[...]

What I meant is that in FFXI, BLU are known mostly for the [Physical] Damage Spells (and ability to self-skillchain). (Yes I know, whiskers burns were awesome...)

Like you said, in older FF titles, I mostly respected the job for its abilities like White Wind / Big Guard and non-standard elemental attacks, or AoE ability -- Trine was rather strong in FFVII.

One thing that is almost certain is that their "funkier" spell selection like Level 5 Death or Roulette would not make it in an MMO setting, because it would be far too random, situational and/or potentially game-breaking.

Just a quick note - for those talking about GEO using earth attacks like Stone

If anything, GEO should be able to use all 6 elements, if they were true to the job's ability to manipulate any terrain.