Thoughts on the FFXI Job Adjustment Manifesto

[Eric]

• Vision
  Students in the art of war who employ stratagems to alter the tide of battle along with elemental magic to support their allies and annihilate their foes.
  
  We wish for scholars to further their education in order to become absolute masters of their art, and the latter stages of their research will produce skills comparable to those of a white or black mage whose spells may take time to cast, but compensate with both the bliss and destruction they beget.

• Example Adjustments
  • Adding spells which gradually reduce an enemy's TP or status enhancements.
  • Adding a spell that can be cast while under the effect of Tabula Rasa.

I was mostly disappointed with the examples they gave. I really hope they come up with something more compelling than that.

I think they also need to consider the fact that Abyssea and new job abilities are making our bonuses from Light/Dark Arts and stratagems obsolete. It talks about how scholars' spells are quicker to cast than BLM/WHM yet BLM can already cast spells considerably quicker due to elemental celerity. Make Dark Arts(& Light Arts) surpass the -25% casting time given to BLMs and then we'll be talking.

That being said, I'm still generally happy with scholar in the position it's currently in, so it's not like this will deter me from continuing to use it as my main job.

What are your guys' thoughts on this?