Scholar change is my "No Confidence" in square.

[Leonesaurus]

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).

Also, to jump in here again, as a warrior, this means that scholars have even more priority to defend than they already did, because the WHM doesn't have to worry about getting hit with a debuff by opposing PLD's or MNK's. Usually, what is optimal in a controlled situation where Scholar's are difficult to take down, is to stun the fairy and burn that down first, crippling their healing by 50% and then killing the scholar while it desperately tries to resummon it. Unless it's 10-1, then you just burn them down flat out.

The way it'll work now is MNK's and PLD's will be actively singling out scholar's and possibly left over SMN's with that new ability and focusing them down first. Party members job will then be to mark scholar's as #1 and then WHM #2 in most, if not all cases. However, in retaliation to this, it cannot be spammed like any other regular ability.
It'll have a cooldown period, so the scholar will have to reform their strategy and mindset around that and make sure to have a backup aetherflow ready to go, or just not use aetherflow until after they see the ability go out on either a stray summoner or another scholar in the party.