Geomancer

[Duelle]

Not really, since Vana'diel has lore to back up directions being important, tying them to elements and summons and stars and whatnot. Lore that the job is probably going to be grounded in.

In Eorzea we can't even keep our elemental wheel in order, fuck it, east may as well be southwest.

Not to mention going by cardinal direction is very lame and not exactly useful in quicker combat like what XIV has. Playing on the theme of the elements would be cool, as would utility granted by Geomancy that would be on par or variations of what can be achieved with White and Black magic.

[Elexia]

Not to mention going by cardinal direction is very lame and not exactly useful in quicker combat like what XIV has.

Ironic, considering Melee currently (especially DRG) has to position properly in battles to combo, therefore a positional (technical) mage would fit perfectly in XIV.

[indira]

i guess SE decided to keep FFXI, i remember way back before WOTG came out they said it was gonna be the last expansion.

??? job = mystic im thinking

[Elexia]

i guess SE decided to keep FFXI, i remember way back before WOTG came out they said it was gonna be the last expansion.

Because they were banking on XIV to succeed lol.

[KoujiGeki]

i guess SE decided to keep FFXI, i remember way back before WOTG came out they said it was gonna be the last expansion.

??? job = mystic im thinking

Because they were banking on XIV to succeed lol.

i dont know something tells me that they doing it cause on the chance that 14 tanks from 2.0, they gonna wanna bring more life back to 11 which still makes them money.

[CamAlch]

i dont know something tells me that they doing it cause on the chance that 14 tanks from 2.0, they gonna wanna bring more life back to 11 which still makes them money.

Well it's not that they are worried about XIV tanking with 2.0. There is very little chance of that, and I think they know this.

It is simply that all of the money they invested into developing XIV version 1.0 was pretty much a complete waste. They are now having to re-develop this game almost entirely, for which the cost would be huge. Taking that into consideration they aren't really making money off XIV at this point.

XI is their money maker, so naturally they are going to want to keep it going longer now, since the money they are taking in from XIV subscriptions at this point would be basically just funding the development of 2.0.

All in all, I think it's great though. It makes sense for them to do this from a business standpoint, and also it is great to see them revitalize XI for all of the fans still playing, and even for new MMO players looking for somewhere to go.

[Inaaca]

No freaking way, Geomancer in FFXI? Do you know how much I wanted that job when I was playing it and NOW they finally release it? Damnit... >_<

As much as I would love to play the job though, I doubt I'll be going back to FFXI at this point... Sigh... here's hoping it gets put into FFXIV I guess... :\

[Tamorae]

This is great for me. I get to play both. Oh wait...that's not good for my spare time...

[neorei]

i'm hella jelly but i need HD graphics to play games. plus i've moved on from XI years ago.

[Ralliare]

i'm hella jelly but i need HD graphics to play games. plus i've moved on from XI years ago.

Same, Looking at the content I've missed annoys me that I never got to enjoy it, never saw the end of WoTG, but the game just seemed to crash after the lv cap started to rise. I did loads of runs trying to lv up, but they all failed, then I had to wait a day to try again. after so many failed groups (somehow none of my friends ever failed) I just gave up trying to get my 75's to to 80+ or what ever the cap was at the time.