Geomancer: Maybe someday?

[Jonah_Greymont]

I've just been wondering about this class. I know it is extremely unlikely to be the second class/job to come with Stormblood (and I'm not arguing that it is or should be, just for clarity), but this is a class I've always respected within the Final Fantasy universe. It could make for an extremely interesting tank class in my opinion, though the easy route would be DPS.

I've not been able to find any mention of this class for future content; am I wasting hope that maybe within the next year or two we may see something like this?

[AlexanderThorolund]

I'm completely with you on this!

I've long championed Geomancer as a future class. Really cool an interesting. Loved it in tactics.

[Underdog2204]

The issue with this is a lore one, Conjurers use earth magic.

[Cleftobismal]

The issue with this is a lore one, Conjurers use earth magic.

Don't really see an issue here. Believe in SE. /o/

[Vexander]

Could be plausible as the third class for Stormblood. You see among the Ala Mhigan refugees NPCs called, 'Shamans,' which could be Geomancer. Granted there's a lot for hype for BLU/SAM/DNC as is, so I'm not sure if GEO could make it.

[Jonah_Greymont]

The issue with this is a lore one, Conjurers use earth magic.

Conjurers use Aether from nature, geomancers manipulate nature itself. I could see them as antagonists with Gridanians or the elementals in that respect, but I don't believe conjurers really have the market cornered on nature magic per se. Plus, the aesthetic and combat possibilities in a Geomancer class are a realm as yet untouched in FFXIV.

[Jonah_Greymont]

Could be plausible as the third class for Stormblood. You see among the Ala Mhigan refugees NPCs called, 'Shamans,' which could be Geomancer. Granted there's a lot for hype for BLU/SAM/DNC as is, so I'm not sure if GEO could make it.

I'm not hanging much hope on having Geomancer with Stormblood, at least not in any initial phase of the expansion. I fully expect the second class to be Samurai personally, but it would not surprise me to see Blue Mage or even Beast Master as the second announcement. I just hope to see it in the near future, some iteration of it at least. I would also like to see a class that uses a bo staff as a weapon, though Oracle has pretty much all of its potential attributed to other classes other than the weapon itself.

[Underdog2204]

Conjurers use Aether from nature, geomancers manipulate nature itself. I could see them as antagonists with Gridanians or the elementals in that respect, but I don't believe conjurers really have the market cornered on nature magic per se. Plus, the aesthetic and combat possibilities in a Geomancer class are a realm as yet untouched in FFXIV.

Yeah I get that but magic in itself comes from manipulation of Aether. Seems kinda odd someone can shape mountains without it... Even Primals use Aether.

[Jonah_Greymont]

Aether may be pulled from sources other than nature and within oneself, as the White/Black Mage dichotomy exists. Astrologians break this mold, pulling Aether from the stars themselves, as do arcanists (from symbols that "enhance" their own Aetheric reserves), Scholars, and Summoners (both use the same basis as arcanists but then also pull from the Aether of the entities summoned as well). Square could even go so far as to make Geomancy a heretical branch of conjury should they choose; there are multiple possible answers to the lore problem for sure.

[JunseiKei]

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Yes and no. Aether is literally just life-force.

Carbuncles are literally stones given aetherial form and the books and ink for arcanists serve as a conductor for aether and spellcasting. Scholars use their soul stone to anchor the essence, or aether, of past mages given form to summon faeries. The egis are called from after a summoner's own aether has been stained/tainted by the primal's aether and may then call it forth. Astrologians project their aether toward the heavens to read and control fate/the heavens. Black mage's spells can mostly be done from a mage's own aether, but the more powerful spells do use the aether from nature. However, conjurer's quest line shows you that relying on just your own aether will actually kill you over time - this is a two-part reason why White Mages are limited to the Padjal lorewise. The other being white magic inherently drains aether from the surrounding land with all of their spells.

...It's kind of interesting how the lore book took the time to divulge the different impacts of aether use on the casting classes.

I don't know anything about Geomancer, but given the name, it sounds like it would do much like what a white mage does to cast spells. Didn't geomancer have something like attacks turn into certain types depending on the terrain they fought on? FFXIV doesn't actually use any type of elemental weakness system; makes me wonder what kind of changes would need to be done to the class to make it be its own thing for FFXIV.