Originally Posted by
Sotek
Huh? Red Mage will still have t2 Enfeebles, Saboteur and En spells to its name. Basic enfeebles aren't even Red Mage spells, they're Black Mage and White Mage spells. I'm just tired of not having certain spells depending on my subjob. If I want Haste, I lose Bio, Bind, etc. That will change come 99 with sub Red Mage gaining Haste, but even then if I want Stun I'll lose Paralyze, Dia, etc.
The way I see Scholar, it should be able to do everything just to a lesser extent. Black Mage can nuker harder than Scholar can now. White Mage would still manage being a better healer even if we got Cure V (with enmity generation greater than Cure IV that is). Scholar is a good enfeebler, but I can hardly say that when the only enfeebles we get are Sleep, Dispel and Break. Regardless of Scholar getting Paralyze/Bind/Blind/etc, Red Mage would still be better at enfeebling, I see no reason for Scholar not to have those spells at the very least.
@Enmity control. I don't really think it actually is needed in FFXI anymore. White Mage has a ridiculously low rate of enmity gain with Cure V+ and Black Mage can completely wipe its hate free. Most damage dealers can tank as well so they don't really need to worry about enmity either.
Spells that give buffs based on enmity could be interesting however. Something along the lines of a spell greatly increases the damage you deal if you have 80% enmity. Something like that would be an incentive to controlling enmity. Scholar would need more enmity based spells to go with it, say two spells, one that gives +1% enmity and one that gives -1%, but at least then I'd feel that Libra is a useful ability that I should be using with such spells if only to ensure people are dealing optimal damage. As it is now, the Animus spells don't require you to use Libra at all and Libra itself is pretty worthless since enmity control isn't a particularly large issue.