Scholar change is my "No Confidence" in square.

the change i'm not sure how i feel about yet, i see it has the potential to be really dangerous but i think first it would require a lot, a lot of coordination on the parts of both paladins and monks to constantly strip aetherflow stacks, since between a 1 minute cooldown there should always be a time in which glory slash/ one lim punch is available. for the average fight i dont know if it will make a difference because thinks like coordination tend to be difficult for pugs

I seriously doubt this will significantly impact a good SCH's performance. SCHs will need to play defensively around MNKs and PLDs and keep a cushion of buffs up if they want to keep 6 stacks in their pocket. Otherwise, at the very least, they can still count on a 3 stack reserve by simply waiting to use Aetherflow until Lustrates are needed. With all the complaining in these forums, SCHs are lucky it wasn't much worse.

It just means Scholars will have to practice some prudency in capping flags. Far too many times I see fellow healers just making breakneck speeds to the flag as if it were a race, probably shouting YOLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MLG BITCH in front of their PC monitor, and get the ire of the entire opposite team immediately. And it usually works out well enough, since a pack of three healers can look out for one another quite competently. Now that type of carelessness is going to have some consequences attached to it. Perhaps now the meta will evolve where a White Mage should make themselves present to the enemy first, to try and bait out a Glory Slash, or the Monks attention. Or a Summoner, since they too utilize Aetherflows, and can be quite lethal with them. Make sure to always have buffs up, since it's an RNG chance what it gets rid of, Protect is a useless spell in Frontlines, but it still is treated as a buff, and gets eaten as one. You've got Sprint, some of us did that atrocity known as Wolves' Den enough to know the meta there, hit up Sprint and pretend you're in the Daytona, get them left turns going champ. The idea is you can't just sit there and dance a jig while melee DPS are using you as a Striking Dummy anymore, because Monk is now a threat. Dragoon is still lol, but that is neither here nor there. You have to possess situational awareness and know when to pull back.

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Originally Posted by Nanaya

Dragoon is still lol

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wtf since when has this ever been the case? I agree they dont have as much utility as some of the other dps like blm with sleep, smn with tri-disaster, etc but drg is still among the best (if not the best dps) in terms of burst dmg.

Considering SE had said "SCH is at the top of our list for pvp adjustments" and this is the only change to them you should consider yourself lucky.

I thought I'd be coming to the forums tonight to see complaint threads about SCH not being nerfed enough.

Oh noes, SCH finally is not OP in Frontlines. All Hell will break loose!

Live with it SCHs like everyone else has to.

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Originally Posted by Chiramu

Oh noes, SCH finally is not OP in Frontlines. All Hell will break loose!

Live with it SCHs like everyone else has to.

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Says the WHM.

The changes were extremely minor compared to the past adjustments, no one should really be bothered by it if at all. The only 'biggest nerf' was the removal of the AoE slow some time ago. The change won't magically make SCH's be defeated by every class, decent players will just build their playstyle around the changes and continue playing, if anything.

I agree that coordination will be difficult for pug groups. It's not really something you can afford in the game generally (if you look at T5), even in dungeons you need some form of coordination. It still stands that if any 1 healer gets concentrated on, said healer won't survive, it will be the same now. Although they probably will take a shorter time to die with the potency buffs and knockbacks given.

Time will tell!

I think people who believe SCH are OP fail to remember that they are playing on their side, as well.

When less and less scholars will show up in FL, people will start whining about dying too quickly due to the lack of healers (since WHM is probably next in the nerf queue).

wolvesden will be x534859657 harder for sch, having 1 tank and 1 monk on a sch is like a 1shot even with 6 stacks.....
Stun lock -> no aetherflow for 2 mins -> insta death
best part is... they actually buff'd dps classes loooool
sch wont last for shit in wolvesden, that's just not fair compared to whm at all......how can sch even survive damage burst in wolvesden/frontlines?????