Geomancer

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How about the skill 'Float'
Increases movement speed and allows you to cast while moving for 10s.
It's wind aspected, terrain related, was a spell in VIII, as well as Geomancers in V having a similar passive skill to allow them to walk over hazardous terrain.

I like that! That could potentially be a by-product (effect) of perhaps using a universally named oGCD on certain terrains - so let's say the Geomancer is over the "Rushing Waters" terrain effect, upon using the oGCD they get "Float" over Mudslide / Quicksand they get "Hover" and through the Hurricane / Typhoon they could get "Grounded" or something along those lines that gives them their own personal advantage while being within the terrain effect. Those effects could give them the added movement speed/cast time % increase.

Eh just to be clear I called it GeoKnight because I thought it too far from Geomancer lol. I like names to mean something and making Geomancer into GeoKnight but calling it still Geomancer would be probably a mistake, I mean you could try it but I feel it a better management of expectations to not do that. I agree that would be an incredibly unlikely result of Geomancer specifically and it would however work fine under its own unique school that may have some relationship.

As for if a caster style brusier could exist.... Keep saying it can't and I'll watch it become more likely lol. Don't challenge Yoshida like that XD. He likes to be break expectations, be a contrarian. I think the role of a magical juggernaut could be an interesting one to fill, since it isn't filled too often in general and I think FF art style of it would be particularly compelling. Unlike say another sword user, or another mage job that plays at a distance. Doesn't mean I think they'll be bad just because they are common (they are common for a reason), but that something weird can be fun too (but like I said managing expectations by name would be nice, to not side swipe people).

Also doesn't have to relate to Geomancer, I just think it could been a great thematic combo for a bruiser mage that constructs onto the battlefield. Runefencer, as someone mentioned, read with some similar vibes (from the description, I actually didn't play past WotG in FFXI).

I still imagine the most likely outcome to be Geomancer that is a DD, maybe some mace if it actually relates to someone but nothing like a bruiser mage.

I'd go for it and make something for yourself. Anyone can have a vision of a job - hell a long time ago on one of my very early posts was a "Time Knight," which was a Time Mage made into a tank lol.

But, going by what your saying with perhaps a Rune Fencer (breaker/Knight) [a frontal magical juggernaut] w/ a big spiked mace or great hammer that places runes on the floor for added effects could be potentially awesome if tag-teamed with a Geomancer, seeing as they both would manipulate an area of effect one via Runes and the other via terrain manipulation.

In FFXI I took RUN to 99 and I had a blast with it, but his runes were more for magical defense, but you could take your runes (think the move was Lunge?) and use them as an elemental attack of their own and even Magic Burst with them (if you know that FFXI terminology). But I can see something in FFXIV where the Rune Fencer(Breaker/Knight) could place these elemental runes around the battlefield and do elementally charged attacks with them.

Anyways, spit balling here, sorry - back to Geomancer!