Quote Originally Posted by AceofRains View Post
I agree with Mirron that Geomancer will be a healer. It’s nice to ponder what it would be like as a caster, sure that’s fair. I think Geomancer as a caster would try to inspire too much from old FF where you have a spell caster based on terrain, and that really doesn’t have a place in this game unfortunately.. Geomancy is a lot more than that and the culture of the game already more aptly reflects the Geomancy of reality- which is divination by the earth. The first thing you must do in the Swallows Compass is dispell a barrier made from Earth, Wind, and Water. Those elements are also relative to Conjury- a healing discipline. At the end of the day, I would not get my hopes up for this job to be a DPS role.
Well I guess it's a good thing that all of the instances that we have Geomancer/Geomancer coded things in this game they aren't basing their casting on terrain then! I am not sure I am drawing the comparison where we are having to break into a temple as "yes, this means healing". And while Conjury is based in healing, why would you then say we need a second healing disciple focusing on those three elements? Do you really think we "need" a SECOND Wind/Water/Earth healer? Healers really just waited 6 years for another.... Wind/Water/Earth healer. There are just wildly better options hinted in game for a healer that isn't just a copy of a different healing class we already have.

I know I am going to be beating a dead horse with a stick here with this but: What in Swallow's Compass heals? Where does Seiryu heal? Where was Ganen known as a healer (I mean they could introduce a katana and bell wielding one so know knows eh)? Why does Kyokohu need you to heal if he is already a healer? Why can't Levava use Geomancy if it's healing? Where do they show any Tengu in the game healing?

We just don't have a single instance of Geomancers actually being a healer, or being a healing discipline.

In regards to Vendalwind:

Class distribution? We have 4 tanks, 3 heals, 4 melee, 3 physical ranged. And with us just getting a physical ranged, I would think it would be a pretty common consensus that we will be getting a caster and a healer with 6.0