Scholars - missing the point

[Garnatian]

Aside from the double stacking of bubbles argument I feel a lot of scholars are entirely missing the point of the class. If the devs gave you equal healing to WHM's you would be incredibly OP alongside the multiple talents you already have. You are a damage mitigation role, if you don't like damage mitigation and want to heal more then go WHM.

Scholars are a great benefit and can greatly reduce damage to the team but it needs to be done BEFORE the damage hits. Also, you have abilities on your pet bar - use them, don't let the fairy cast at it's own whim. You can drastically reduce dmg incoming to the tank making a good tank healer. You have endless mana. You can spot heal the tank on the move and instantly when needed, and you can move your pet to heal the group or tank while you heal the tank or group. Who else can do that!!!!

It's a fun and amazing class and if you guys want to be a traditional reactionary based healer then I question your class choice not your class.

I'm not asking for equal Healing, I am asking for equal opportunity of in-efficient Heals. As in stands, a Scholar has a higher probability of casting a Heal that is in-efficient because they cannot choose to Heal or to Shield. They have to do both and quite often, you don't need to. Sometimes the player is at full HP and damage is incoming, so I'd like to Shield, or in another circumstance a group of people take damage and you'd like to Heal them, but you know there won't be damage within the next 30s, so in both circumstances, you have in-efficient Heals. While a WHM can simply Stoneskin, which is better than a non-crit Adloquim or Medica I/Medica II which is better than a Succor.

What they need to do, is either increase the length of the Shield or allow for ways for a % of Over-heal to be converted to Shield.