Heya all,
I thought I'd share some of my fun experiences playing around with BLM/GEO on less serious content - I had realized with the advent of master levels and additional gear that /GEO isn't quite as awful as everyone was thinking, and after searching the forums I didn't see anyone else document this.
Currently, I'm at ML39 and have a combined handbell/geomancy skill of 388.
With this set:
ItemSet 393006
My total combined skill is 476. Yes, I know, not impressive seeing as we can't equip bells, but this number yielded some interesting numbers:
Indi-Acumen = 7.93 MAB
Indi-Focus = 26.44 MACC
Indi-INT = 13.22 INT
For perhaps added tankiness while using Mana Wall:
Indi-Barrier = 21.05% Defense
Indi-Attunement = 34.38 Magic Evasion
And if for some reason we're in a party with melee folks (Dyna-D or Omen for example):
Indi-Fury = 18.35% Attack
Indi-STR = 13.22 STR
We can't use Entrust, we can't use Geo- spells, and most painful of all, we can't use Indi-Haste, but I've had a lot of fun testing out setups.
Other benefits - additional 3% Conserve MP from /GEO55 for delicious Empy Armor Set Bonus procs, and Cardinal Chant serving as a nice boost to MACC/MAB/MBB/Magic Crit depending on what direction it's facing.
Don't get it twisted, nowhere near the utility of /SCH, but I have found it's pretty nice for freenuking.