fresh 50 sch looking for advice on how to up my game!
hey guys! so i've gotten my sch to 50 recently. still getting the hang of micromanaging my pet (took him off free-stance @32). my problem right now as a healer is that none of the pre-50 content that i had leveled with really prepared me for any 8-man content that i'd like to tackle with my scholar.
link to my current gear set up
gear progression goals:
HQ rose gold circlet w/+7 crit and either +11 pie or +16 speed
royal gloves this week
garuda ring
royal boots next week
myth pants week after
(leveling up PVP rank in the meantime for pvp chest, boots, ring, and book. i know pvp chest/book is a big loss of pie, but it just looks so cool)
i'm the melee in my static group, so i probably won't be able to really practice healing in any part of coil until 2.2.
my questions are
- what's the progression of 8-man content i should be tackling right now (in order of difficulty, i guess) so i can up my scholar game?
- is there some way on the ps3 that i can rearrange the party list so that i have MT in slot 2 and OT in slot 8?
- if tank is topped off and has an adlo/adlo+stoneskin on him, do i have enough time to pop into cleric's to get a bioII/miasma/bio on enemy? maybe even a bioII/miasma/bio/aero/shadow flare if my adlo crits?
- because of the debuff it gives, should i be regularly using shadow flare or is it better to use my bubble for Sacred Soil?
- for my super on-point scholars - about how much off-dps can a scholar clock in on the average 8-man fight while still being an effective healer?
- i plan on getting my CNJ to 34 for stoneskin [+DAT UNICORN THO] but would playing CNJ/WHM to 50 really give me much insight on how to SCH better? [generally, i've always felt like playing other classes will make you better at your own i.e. learning to tank made me a better dps, etc.] because lvling cnj right now is just patience testing
- when is it more mp efficient to stoneskin the tank instead of adlo? how often will i have enough time to get both on him (assuming that i don't have the luxury of a whm in my group)?
- for what fights is it better to have my fairy placed vs having him on heel?
- any other general tips?