Quote Originally Posted by Illianaro View Post
What if - and I fully acknowledge that this could be a totally insane and implausible idea - with a rework they made WHM its own job centered on the less elemental spells, while conjurer went on to become Geomancer instead? Or is it possible they're considering doing away with the base classes altogether and having everything start as a job, thus removing the CNJ questline altogether?

I dunno, just a few thoughts.
Yoshi has stated in many interviews how much he wants to get rid of the starter classes. So I assume this will be happening at some point.