Elements

[Octavia_Deathschoicen]

We have entire 5th astral era quests that explain specifically why this wouldn’t work and goes against all lore

BLM controls fire ice and lightning, WHM controls water wind and earth though rarely uses water

The hundreds of years of war depleting the elements is why the 5th umbral calamity was water aspected

Water is just canonically an underused element in the magical professions

lore can be changed and modify just because something is written doesnt mean at a later area it can change it

also the "lore" is just current zone lore which can easily be dismissed in new areas


also water was / is used by many but all npcs

[Supersnow845]

lore can be changed and modify just because something is written doesnt mean at a later area it can change it

Unless you want to change the entirety of the shadows of mhach alliance questline and the entire foundation of how the rejoining happen then sure

This isn’t just a minor shoehorning in of new lore for AST/SMN when they ripped the job apart this is foundational to 14’s world

[Raikai]

lore can be changed and modify just because something is written doesnt mean at a later area it can change it

also the "lore" is just current zone lore which can easily be dismissed in new areas


also water was / is used by many but all npcs

Blue Mages have tons of water spells too.

I like the idea, but sadly for a PVE focused game, situational elements is not very sustainable. WoW got rid of this as well for those logistic reasons.