Quote Originally Posted by ShariusTC View Post
it's more like weathermancer than geomancer
They wanted to hit the vibe of Geomancer constantly changing while accounting for the fact there are only so many Critical Engagements, if it was just based on terrain, you would be put in a situation where Geomancer is a 100% reliable Job without any variance, even if it changed between CEs, specific CEs would always have the same behavior, where as in a full on JRPG, the fact you are constantly moving forward makes it constantly change, and short of having a guide, unpredictable, whether weather(heh) is a good enough replacement is to each their own, but I do think they were aiming for it to still be environment-based while still having that constant variance.