Square-Enix have
announced that another expansion pack is on the way for their MMORPG,
Final Fantasy XI, titled Treasures of Aht Urhgan. Little has been
mentioned as of yet in regards to what will be in this latest expansion,
but from what is known thus far players will have three new character
classes at their disposal. The unconfirmed rumors of a blue mage
are still floating around, but the most concrete-looking of the new
classes is a geomancer, who will act as a sort of magic-using tank in
parties. This class will cast shielding spells, with local
geography and weather affecting bonuses on these spells when cast.
However, because the geomancer is still a mage class, they will wear
light armor akin to what other types of mages in the game use.
What remains to be seen is what sort of story this expansion will have
in the wake of Chains of Promathia, not to mention which platforms the
expansion will be coming to.