Lv40 Scholar Job Quest is soooo hard o.O

What I actually have to do?
I throw DoT on Tonberry and spam Adlo and Phys on the tanker NPc but yet he dies too fast, I can't heal him enough. Also tried with Eos' heal on my hotbar so I would cast her heal then mine yet he dies too.

I also tried kill the adds with Ruin1+2 combo (they somewhat heal themselves so gotta do two or three times) but yet npc dies and fails.

Is there something special to be done? Because I already failed like 8 times T___T
My gear isn't so bad ( http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/2290101/ )

I havn't reached it myself but your gear is pretty ropey. Your weapon is 10 levels below you and is probably the single most important piece of your gear since it dictates spell strength - while that may not be the core of your problem it's certainly not going to help you. Some of your jewellery isn't even for the right class

Upgrade your weapon to the Lominsan Soldier's Grimoire. Not sure if you're high enough rank to buy it, but I would certainly recommend it. Just need seals. Also you need earrings, wrist and another ring that have something to do with your class.

You can also get a level 38 book from a quest and vendor in Coerthas.

The battlemage gear still pwns most of the lv38 gear I've found until now.

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Originally Posted by Naberrie

Upgrade your weapon to the Lominsan Soldier's Grimoire. Not sure if you're high enough rank to buy it, but I would certainly recommend it. Just need seals. Also you need earrings, wrist and another ring that have something to do with your class.

You can also get a level 38 book from a quest and vendor in Coerthas.

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I have the basic lv38 book but it has like.... +3 or +4 in Magic Damage and no other decent attributes (like spell speed, crit and int), that's why I'm still using the lv30 one :(
Still haven't found anything with higher level but still keeping good stats other than the main damage increase.

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Originally Posted by RyuujinZERO

I havn't reached it myself but your gear is pretty ropey. Your weapon is 10 levels below you and is probably the single most important piece of your gear since it dictates spell strength - while that may not be the core of your problem it's certainly not going to help you. Some of your jewellery isn't even for the right class

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Yep, earrings, bracer and Storm's ring are no match for the class but it's what've got so far.Unless I get another Pearl Ring and swap, it got a good int/mind.
And for weapon, see above.

the fact that you have more magic attack than healing is already a problem in itself I think? That could be why your heals are so weak. I've not gotten to the 40 scholar quest yet but perhaps try getting some armor that's 39+ and give it another shot?

It's all about killing the bug immediately when it spawns. It does massive damage. Keep the tanking npc at a little above 50% at all times. DoT the bug and ruin it down and you should be fine to pick off the others while keeping the tank up.

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Originally Posted by Mitsune

It's all about killing the bug immediately when it spawns. It does massive damage. Keep the tanking npc at a little above 50% at all times. DoT the bug and ruin it down and you should be fine to pick off the others while keeping the tank up.

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bug... you mean Tomberry?
By the way, I've tried let tank kill adds and just spam heals on it but his HP goes down too fast, can't actually "keep" him on 50% :-/

I had to do each one at once to see the mechanics then figured out how to combat each of them with the dps pet or the tank pet then finished it on the 2nd round

its actually really easy just do it once to see the mechanics then GG

For the record, i did this with all summoner focused gear, it took a few tries, but did it. Some of the mobs should take priority if you more damage focused. If i remember right, there are ones that heal, knock those out first. Heal the tank guy when you can, but if your heals aren't the greatest, burn those mobs as fast as you can. It was a beast though from what i remember. Just try different tactics if you don't think it's working.

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Originally Posted by RaphaelDDL

bug... you mean Tomberry?
By the way, I've tried let tank kill adds and just spam heals on it but his HP goes down too fast, can't actually "keep" him on 50% :-/

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Oh whoops, I confused 40 with the 50 quest! Unfortunately I can't remember the 40 one. T-T

I had similar problems but cleared the quest about 2 days ago. You know, the tonberry reveal was kind of a minor spoiler, so let's try to avoid much more.

You have to be wary of the adds. They will inflict disease on their target, so any healing you do will be negligible while the adds are attacking. Fortunately, they are melee and will converge on you and your companion by default.

The best way therefore is to have Selene out with the spellspeed buff (eos is less useful because she will not heal the npc), and you apply your dots on the main boss. At some point, the adds will spawn. Let them get close to the boss and then use "Bane" on the boss and hit all of the adds in your aoe. The adds will die in 4-5 seconds, heal your npc up, and you repeat for 3 waves of adds. After that, it's a curbstomp as you can outheal any damage without the disease debuff.

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Originally Posted by Ceelo_Mage

I had to do each one at once to see the mechanics then figured out how to combat each of them with the dps pet or the tank pet then finished it on the 2nd round

its actually really easy just do it once to see the mechanics then GG

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Wait wait, we talking about Scholar here, there's no tank/caster summons, just support/healing (Eos/Selene)

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Originally Posted by Anova

I had similar problems but cleared the quest about 2 days ago. You know, the tonberry reveal was kind of a minor spoiler, so let's try to avoid much more.

You have to be wary of the adds. They will inflict disease on their target, so any healing you do will be negligible while the adds are attacking. Fortunately, they are melee and will converge on you and your companion by default.

The best way therefore is to have Selene out with the spellspeed buff (eos is less useful because she will not heal the npc), and you apply your dots on the main boss. At some point, the adds will spawn. Let them get close to the boss and then use "Bane" on the boss and hit all of the adds in your aoe. The adds will die in 4-5 seconds, heal your npc up, and you repeat for 3 waves of adds. After that, it's a curbstomp as you can outheal any damage without the disease debuff.

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Hmm I'm using the gear I use as SMN so even without adds, the 'main monster' does more damage than I can heal (my SCH is just for the fun of having the class to fill roles when helping low lvl FC friends so mind didn't had any extra points on it).

I'll try go all-out on the main again, last time I almost had it. Maybe with Selene's buff I might nail it just spamming Ruin1+2 and dots.

I did this with twin adder gear, stats split between smn and sch. I just used ruin2 on the adds and bane after adding stats to torn berry. Only had to focus on healing tank after torn berry did a big attack. I used my support fairy all the way, worked out fine.

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Originally Posted by RaphaelDDL

+3 or +4 in Magic Damage and no other decent attributes (like spell speed, crit and int), that's why I'm still using the lv30 one :(
Still haven't found anything with higher level but still keeping good stats other than the main damage increase.

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Weapon Damage (In this case Magic) is the biggest factor that lets you heal more or DPS more. +1 WD for SCH equals about the equivalent to 8.7 Mind. At level 50 it's not as critical (As an example: people still use Allagan Grimore (i95) in Second Coil of Bahamut instead of all the inbetween books until they get the HA Grimore (i115)), but for lower levels, you'll always want to keep WD updated

Holy half-year necro batman.

Just wait until you do the lv50 summoner job quest.

So I tried the quest a couple times and ran into likely the issue everyone else has had, friendly NPC dies, can't heal him and can't do enough damage. Im lvl 40 and my gear is some stuff high 20s some stuff low 30s some stuff mid 30s so it's not great so I'm thinking I need better gear bc it's a DPS race. Then it hits me. CLERIC STANCE. It's a cross class skill you get from low level conjurer. It swaps your MIND and INTELLIGENCE and most likely your MIND is higher so that INTELLIGENCE getting the boost is a DPS boost and using CLERIC STANCE beat if first try.

Good luck with lv 60 then i had some problem with that one <shadow flare>
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love Wolfy pie

Dot up the Tonberry and have Selene out if adds don't spawn before dots are applied, hit him with ruin II until they do.

When the adds spawn, kill them fast with 2 or 3 hits from aether drain life or ruin II.

Target NPC and esuna away the diseases then heal him up over 50 percent.

repeat.

I only had to fight 2 waves of adds.