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Look at the "terrain" abilities we have already in game, and the amount of rage that is induced when things are moved out of them. People not standing in healer circles, tanks moving things out of dps circles, placing tank circles in a non opportune spot, etc. It's not the end of the world but it is quite irritating. Imagine if your whole kit was centered on Earthly Star as an Ast, and 3 of your 4 dps decided to not stand in it. You'd be a waste of a party slot. I don't think they are going to make a class focused on relying on other people in order for it to perform.

I really can't think of a trinity style mmo that has employed the use of something like that and it work out. I mean this is all speculation, and you're entitled to wanting a terrain mage as much as other people are entitled to a necromancer healer. I just haven't seen it work out in the 17 years I have been playing mmo's, and 14 is NOT the one that is gonna try and push the envelope. They have their system and they like it.

I’m more inclined to say terrain would be one aspect of its kit. Like if you Mixed different Qi, you would get Terrain that produces varying effects. Another aspect of Geomancy is their position relative to the target, or their positioning relative to a cardinal direction. Unlike Astrologian’s buffs which relies on RNG drawing, a Geomancer would buff something relative to its position. Because you don’t always get to decide where you’re going to stand, you will see varying results of this during the course of a battle.

Then there is the aspect of barriers. We learned that all 3 elements in harmony will produce powerful barriers.

These are just some of the aspects that would make up a Geomancer.

A Geomancer would pretty much be about decorating the battlefield and standing in an optimal location. I would not be surprised if they reprised Luopans as a field totem to facilitate this.