Heals for Scholors need a buff

[Delitia]

I was only offering suggestions on how Leeches could be different from the cheap Esuna knock-off it currently is...
Am I not allowed to off suggestions on improving Scholar...

No, my issue is simply this, you suggested giving ESUNA to scholar, given your use of words that is all someone who read it carefully would be lead to believe ("Esuna, something which could easily have been given to Scholar in the same manner as Cleric Stance"). Cleric stance was just GIVEN to you guys (not altered or changed in any way to fit the class, like your "suggestions" would lead one to believe) for no real reason, you're support healers/support dps, nothing more. Stop trying to encroach on the "main healer" aspect that white mage has always and should always be. The dev even said it himself "a perfect party would consist of a white mage and a scholar" not one or the other, sure that's an issue now because only 4 man groups, but you're balanced around the fact you're a support, not a main role. Stop trying to make it a main role.

As for the second part, the issue is, 99% of all "scholar improvement" posts turn into this "GIVE US THIS WHITE MAGE SKILL NAO OR WE WON'T STOP SPAMMING YOUR BOARD WITH USELESS THREADS." So, it wasn't really directed at you, just scholar whiners in general. Your class is fine, you don't need more, read above and my other post for reasons why you do not.

Thank you, that is all.

[Scerick]

***WHM Rage Snip***

Does it upset you that we can already main heal with no issue?

[Pyros]

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Well you can cast a Succor before the aoe, and another after, and then a 3rd one for good measure, since mana isn't an issue. And the fairy. I don't know why your heals are autocasted, why would you need to autocast a spell with a long cooldown, keep it for when it's actually needed. I do agree however that aoe is definitely the weakness of the Scholar healing. They make up for that in my opinion in their single target healing, especially the instant cast off the GCD heal and the fact you have 2 different sources of healing making it possible to keep healing while you reposition and the utility, blind, -str/dex/int/mnd, -10%dmg aoe, -10% damage buff/debuff, aoe slow, aoe disease, instant cast rez.

I don't know, WHM might be easier, but if there's no trouble to clear single healer content with a SCH, does it matter? It's not like anything is impossible to heal as a SCH and there's easier stuff to heal as a scholar I think, and might be more in the future when they add hard modes for 4man dungeons(assuming they stay 4man and don't become 8man at which point the argument is moot).

[Sotek]

Ah yes, the old "Scholar is fine because White Mage isn't" routine... I hope they split these forums into individual Jobs soon, though if XI is anything to go off, that wont solve anything.

I make one comment about giving Scholar Esuna simply to highlight the sheer absurdity of Leeches even being a Job ability, and then focus the majority of my post on ideas to actually make Leeches worthwhile instead, and I get quoted for a rant apparently not even aimed at me. Final Fantasy community forums never change, it seems.

Oh, and Scholar has Cleric Stance for the same reasons White Mage does. Both Jobs are meant to deal some damage as well but their main stat inhibits this, they saw fit to give Scholar Cleric Stance instead of making a new Job ability with the exact same functionality as Cleric Stance, because that's the logical thing to do. If Leeches is just going to be Esuna under a different name (again, most of my post was on improving Leeches instead), then there really is no reason why it shouldn't be treated differently, no reason other than "AHMAHGAWD STOP ASKING FOR WHM STUFF!!1!$!".

I don't think anyone (except for maybe one guy replying to this thread, who likes to rage) think's Scholars are fine based on the condition of white mage. But Scholar is a far cry from being outright "broken" or "unplayable" as a main healer as it stands.

It absolutely needs some QoL changes in a few areas, but they're just that, quality of life.

Final Fantasy XI killing my tolerance for such people, I'm afraid. I really hope broken pet mechanics doesn't end up as XIVs Modus Veritas (which to my knowledge still hasn't been fixed), and I damn sure hope I don't see people saying it shouldn't be fixed because White Mage sucks. "White Mage sucks" is an argument for White Mage suggestions, not undermining Scholar suggestions.

[Scerick]

Ah yes, the old "Scholar is fine because White Mage isn't" routine... I hope they split these forums into individual Jobs soon, though if XI is anything to go off, that wont solve anything.

I don't think anyone (except for maybe one guy replying to this thread, who likes to rage) think's Scholars are fine based on the condition of white mage. But Scholar is a far cry from being outright "broken" or "unplayable" as a main healer as it stands.

It absolutely needs some QoL changes in a few areas, but they're just that, quality of life.

[WhiteWindHD]

SCH healing is fine. if you're having problems with your pet dying I think it may be player error.

[Ava]

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All fairy spells are autocasted and it cannot be toggled. Of course if I had the option to turn it off I would, this is what makes Eos borderline useless. At least with Selene you can place/heel her to keep Fey Light/Fey Glow up on the respective group members. Succor does not help when people are already low, yes you can cast one before and one after, but aoe is sometimes unpredictable. In cases where it's predictable, sure, Succor is fine. But when the timing isn't ideal and your raid all gets smacked down to 25% hp the only other tool you have is a LB. This is not going to work on a lot of fights, or rather, it can work but makes things a lot more difficult than it would be for a WHM.

I don't think SCH is terrible, in fact I think it's borderline OP in the presence of a WHM. But just a SCH alone is fairly underwhelming.

[Spider-Dan]

Also, lets not forget this IMPORTANT fact, as of now, white mage literally has 2-3 UNIQUE abilities to itself, every other ability we have can be cross classed by everyone and scholar included.

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White mages already lost almost everything unique they have, currently they just have Regen, Esuna (secondary effect only, the main effect is the same in every situation I've seen), and Stronger AoE healing (which isn't really unique but i'm grasping at straws here, that's how bad it is). You guys got cleric's stance after all your complaining, now stop complaining and learn to play your class, PROACTIVELY and stop trying to play like a white mage and you'll realize you're fine, you don't need more.

MRD, LNC, and ARC all have 5 cross-classable abilities. CNJ would have 6 (Aero, Cure, Protect, Raise, Stoneskin, Cleric Stance) but for some reason, SE implemented an arbitrary, unique restriction on Cleric Stance that prevents THM/ACN/SMN from using it (when they should be able to, based on the rules of the Armoury system).

And WHM has plenty of unique abilities. Medica? Stone? Regen? Divine Seal? Fluid Aura? Shroud of Saints? Presence of Mind? Benediction?

[WhiteWindHD]

MRD, LNC, and ARC all have 5 cross-classable abilities. CNJ would have 6 (Aero, Cure, Protect, Raise, Stoneskin, Cleric Stance) but for some reason, SE implemented an arbitrary, unique restriction on Cleric Stance that prevents THM/ACN/SMN from using it (when they should be able to, based on the rules of the Armoury system).

And WHM has plenty of unique abilities. Medica? Stone? Regen? Divine Seal? Fluid Aura? Shroud of Saints? Presence of Mind? Benediction?

Don't forget Holy

[Pyros]

All fairy spells are autocasted and it cannot be toggled. Of course if I had the option to turn it off I would, this is what makes Eos borderline useless.

Put her on Steady, she won't cast anything but Embrace. Activate cooldowns when you see fit. Note that activating any of them will make her go back to casting everything, and forcing Steady in the middle of a cast will interupt it but still put it on cd, so when you activate one expect everything to be on cd, just put her on steady after that. Generally activate the heal buff first, she'll cast the aoe HoT right after with the buff bonus(and Rouse if possible), for a massive long duration aoe HoT. Also temporary Shell. It's a great anti aoe "burst" on top of Succor. Only works every now and then, but a lot of bosses seem to have a % based mechanic where everything goes to hell and you need a lot of healing, then it calms down, so it works fine.