Originally Posted by
Horadrim
What annoys me is that it really isn't as hard as you'd think.
It is now, because SE went about the thing in all the wrong ways, and instead of just overhauling to fix the mistakes they made with jobs like SCH and PUP they'd rather make modifications that don't really change much. Most of what SCH is right now, RDM can pull off a lot easier. Scholar should have been a job completely different from WHM/BLM/RDM, and the problem is SE decided to go with making it a lot more complicated than it needed to be. SCH could have easilly just gotten all unique spells:
1~30 Tier I-II Helixes, Tier I Storms, Tier I-II buffs (Protect, Shell, Regen), Stoneskin, Phalanx, Invisible/Sneak/Deodorize
31~60 Tier III Helixes, Tier II Storms, Tier III-IV Buffs, Klimaform, Dispel, Regain (at 41, to be opposite RDM's Refresh)
60~90 Tier IV Helixes, Tier III Storms, Tier V Buffs, Regain II/Helix V as merits
Then you can fill in Cures and the Enmity controlling spells where you think they fit.
SCH could have been a complete unique and interesting class built around the "strategy" element of its back story, but instead they made it into a RDM clone that has to pop a bunch of JAs before it can do anything. The abilities are great, don't get me wrong, but seriously -- SCH is a hassle to play for the lack of return you get.