Thread: Consolidated Scholar 4.0 Feedback Thread

Originally Posted by MsTanya

It is currently bugged where a single point of direct hit will cause it to 100% critically hit. So yes it is much more underwhelming than most are aware of since most likely do meld direct hit and are unaware of this being a thing. So please look forward to the imminent nerf and enjoy an actually decent skill while we have it ;p

Yeah, testing without Direct Hit, I noticed Fey Union could actually crit, so this is probably correct and it is critting 100% of the time with direct hit melded. Good to know, though I kind of don't want to say anything more because I'm sure the fix to this will make the skill worse (and it's already pretty bad).

SCH is my main since I started FF14 (late 2.x) and it was the first I brought to 70.
I really did feel the nerfs hit hard in the leveling dungeons, where I had to make use of all my tools, just to keep the tank alive at big pulls. Having to actually look at my mana was also new to me. It got a LOT better since reaching 70 though and having 18k+ MP at my disposal - but I do still have to make regular use of LD.

But what really bothered me is, that when I logged onto my lvl62 AST, running a few dungeons, I felt like the "better" healer/shielder in every aspect PLUS throwing buffs all over the place. Its just mind-boggling how the heals/shields on my lvl62 AST are stronger or as strong as on my lvl70 SCH. Maybe this is also a scaling issue-but it feels really weird.
SCH is not "unviable", I was still able to clear the content, but it is in a kind of weird spot right now.
I recommend everyone saying SCH is "strong" to play any of the other healing jobs and then coming back.

Originally Posted by MsTanya

Ill try to find where it was said but in one of the letters or interviews they stated they were scaling back the crit damage to make room for direct hit, one could assume its a crit damage nerf across the board but it does hit adlo the most.

It is true. The base CRT went from 5% Rate with 0.45 Multi at base to 5% Rate with 0.4 Multi. So while you will still have the same chance to crit it will be 5% weaker when it does.

Im just gonna copy what I put in another post cause looks like this is the correct place sorry.

Ok im gonna say something nobody likes.
Ive being also playing Scholar since day 1.
Now in SB at the start I also was like wtf is going on.

MP Problems - MP was drying out very quickly (I didnt had lucid dream cause I never had an issue with MP before), thats when I learned the power of lucid dream, its a bad thing that this is a must and it takes off my space for a E4E that also has longer cooldown that before, but well with this MP is not longer an issue.

Fey Union - Omg im loving this skill! Ofc it has some issues maybe it can be a l fixed a little. But man when u know when and how to use it I even think its OP. Each heal is stronger than a physicks, so its a constant powerfull heal, Im using this a lot in Lakshmi and Susano extreme when I know we are in a part when the tank won move, so I place my eos next to the tank, Fey Union, and dont stop DPSing for abour 40-60 seconds. Its a very good skill to complement with dpsing, the tank wont go down its so powerfull. But again you must know when its the time.


Excognitation sucks, nothing to say here.

Less dots, yeah we lost some but wlel nothing to say, also we lost Virus thats a big problem for me but well thats how things are.

So to finish, yeah maybe in dungeon first dungeons tanks are squishy, but remember we and them arent overgeared for them as we where before. And for expert dungeons im not having a problem at all, dungeons never had being a thing.
And for the primals ex i think its working perfectly, im actually having fun with fey union system.
It doesnt mean they could fix some things, but for me the job is working and for the looks of it ill keep raiding with SCH (I have raided as all healers before).

Not everything is that bad guys t

Originally Posted by AmelieR

It's true that LD solves the MP reg issue, but that shouldn't be the case with SCH. We already had a MP reg skill which worked perfectly fine in 2.x and 3.x, but SE decided to make LD available to every healer. They then had to nerf Aetherflow to balance things out, leaving SCH with two but one MP reg skills. Just plain bad design choices.

As for Fey Union, it is noticeable less than a Physick. Read the past few posts and you'll see that there is a bug with Direct Hit that causes the heal of Fey Union to crit constantly. Saying it's fine 'cause it's bugged is like saying Volkswagen is fine because the other car manufactures cheated in their engine software as well. Two wrongs don't make a right.

Yeah its true we didnt had any MP problems before, but its balancing, its not fair that are classes have MP issues while we dont I think.
Also I dont think I crit or have direct hit but I cant confirm this I will check, still on the skill it says that fey union heal is stornger than a physicks thats why when I saw the number actually being higher (because all the fairy stat are different discussion) I didnt gave it to much thought, will re-confirm.

Anyway im just saying the job is playable and I think it can do any content, Im having a blast on primals ex and just waiting for Omega Savage ^^

The actually great big hit for me where Virus and the added CD on Eye for an eye, but nobody is even talking about them xD

Originally Posted by Clouse_Cleyra

Yeah its true we didnt had any MP problems before, but its balancing, its not fair that are classes have MP issues while we dont I think.
Also I dont think I crit or have direct hit but I cant confirm this I will check, still on the skill it says that fey union heal is stornger than a physicks thats why when I saw the number actually being higher (because all the fairy stat are different discussion) I didnt gave it to much thought, will re-confirm.

Well, they could have left Aetherflow as it was and just not grant us access to LD. It was always a part of out kit to restore MP with Aetherflow, and now our own spells feels like a second class skill compared to the role skill. Call it a theft on our jobs identity if you so desire.

The heal from Fey Union doesn't 'crit' in that term. It's not a larger written number that pops up, it is just a bigger number. Without melding Direct Hit the heals looks like... 5500 - 5200 - 8500 - 5400. Please note that the '8500' is written in the same size and font like the regular heals. With Direct Hit its like... 8200 - 8100 - 8900 ect. I think you catch the drift. Also, since Fey Union is a fairy ability, it does use (unless a dev states otherwise) fairy potency and does not gain benefits from Rouse or Illumination.

And yes, of course the job is playble and you can do every content. Heck, I run my duties as SCH because I LOVE the job. But with the changes made in SB it's just not fun anymore. The fairy is still clunky, Fey Union requires an incredibly long wind up animation and the fairy happily burn the fey-meter even when she can't heal because the tank ran away from her. Our shields are laughable and outclassed by the hybrid healer AST. Our damage output, if any, is outclassed by WHM. We're only best at puns in the moment because WE ARE THE PUN.