Scholar is a job that definitely could have been handled better in what its role is from the start.

Since Scholar is a hybrid class, it is only right that it is markedly and totally weaker then any specialist. Relying on gear differences to provide this difference is a fundamentally flawed way to do things... for example, Scholar is getting enough gear to cap cure potency outside Abyssea, according to dat file analysis on the test server.

Still, I'm not here to decide if Scholar is weaker or stronger then other jobs or not. Other jobs are getting the majority of Scholar's storm spells, and will be getting Klimaform. I don't feel bad for any Scholars that are surprised about Klimaform. To make the changes (some of which I've already discussed) I'll propose next, I think that people subbing Scholar should also get the last three storm spells.

I definitely see Scholars as weather control experts however, and losing their exclusive hold on Klimaform and storm spells should not be free. In exchange for this, Scholar should get double weather spells (or the ability to double weather with strats) and Klimaform 2 (or merits for Klimaform). With double weather, the stormsurge bonus should be at least doubled, if not tripled.

In addition to those changes, Scholar should get Regen IV, and the Animus spells and Adloquium should be revamped. I've already suggested in the past that Adloquium could work on the same tics as a Helix, with a slight boost (perhaps if it was affected by skill/weather), for example.

Perhaps there should also be more powerful gear that is affected by the weather as well, such as a melee based gear set with a focus on weather for special effects, like 8% Haste for Wind weather, or +20 attack for Fire weather.

I don't think Scholar needs major overhauls to be what it should be, but instead small tweaks to fill the role of a knowing the arts of Geomancy much better.