First time healer role

[Garlyle]

It really comes down to personal preference, both are balanced and both do the job when used properly. I've been using WHM but am going to give SCH a go. WHM is flexible enough and has a trick for every scenario. Just remember to not overdo it on Medica's and make sure when to use Regen correctly. Healing is really fun and a great challenge.

Yup. They both have different considerations to make (White Mage needs to pay attention to their MP far more than Scholar does and watch more duration-based effects/cooldowns; Scholar has to manage their pet and Aetherflow stacks), and they both have different strengths (WHM can heal more HP faster than Scholar can - but Scholar can prevent a lot of that damage before it even happens).

All 4-man content in the game is easily clearable with both healers, and even the EX Primals can be done with two of the same, whichever that is. The ideal though is one of each working together.