Quote Originally Posted by Eloah View Post
Why couldn't it be a tank? Any job could be any role with the right implimentation. And Geomancer is one of the sturdier mages to become a tank if they turn one into a tank.
If there was going to be a Disciple of Magic tank, I would expect the green mage from FINAL FANTASY Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift. Between buffing spells and a large hammer, they would make more sense than a geomancer in terms of being able to take hits, which is the primary job of a tank. Furthermore, geomancer has been implemented well exactly one time in the entire FINAL FANTASY series, and that was in FINAL FANTASY XI as a support/offensive mage. The rest of the time it was terrain-based randomness that got you into trouble more often than it actually helped. Finally, we haven't seen anything drastic in terms of role changes at all. We've seen dark knights tank before. We've seen scholars heal before. We've seen bards do damage before. This is like asking why machinists can't be tanks or why warriors can't be healers. The lore of the series absolutely must be respected.