Quote Originally Posted by Supersnow845 View Post
specifically because the war of the magi overused the other 5 elements
Do you have an actual source for water being underused causing a calamity or is it just your speculation based on current gameplay mechanics?

When Conjurer had half their spells given to Thaumaturge and the gameplay was redesigned, there just wasn’t enough room for 3 elements being equally prominent anymore, especially as WHM slowly moved away from CNJ and the elements were replaced with light spells. Not sure where else water was supposed to fit in with healers’ nerfed damage rotations so it was relegated to Fluid Aura and then Aquaveil. It’s not any deeper than that.

White mages from the War of the Magi would have mostly used light magic anyway. They didn’t commune with the Elementals and the Twelveswood did not reach Amdapor like it does now. The way WHMs from 1700 years ago used their magic would be completely different from the path our WoL takes on that journey starting as a CNJ, and so earth/wind/water magic might not have been relevant at all.


If there were a lore-reason for water not being used it would have been important enough to say outright and instead we have the CNJ quests and NPCs which specifically state that water is part of their magic along with earth and wind. This game’s writing isn’t exactly subtle and something as important as “water magic flooded the world because Amdapor’s WHMs didn’t use it much” would not have been left to subtext if it was more than just your fanon.