Patch 2.45 December 9th

[Sadana]

I just sincerely hope SCH get Stoneskin II as well. It's already hell trying to get people to stay still at the start of a dungeon for casting buffs; if WHM only get this, they will start bitching over having to wait because they got a SCH in the party instead. ><

[axemtitanium]

I just sincerely hope SCH get Stoneskin II as well. It's already hell trying to get people to stay still at the start of a dungeon for casting buffs; if WHM only get this, they will start bitching over having to wait because they got a SCH in the party instead. ><

SCH already has AoE Stoneskin. It's called Succor. WHM did not have an AoE Stoneskin before 2.45.

[Alkar]

SCH already has AoE Stoneskin. It's called Succor. WHM did not have an AoE Stoneskin before 2.45.

No, they don't. Succor is not Stoneskin: it last a few seconds, it's weaker and the best part is that they stack. There's no reason to not apply both before a pull other than pure laziness.
SCHs need this as much as WHMs.

[axemtitanium]

No, they don't. Succor is not Stoneskin: it last a few seconds, it's weaker and the best part is that they stack. There's no reason to not apply both before a pull other than pure laziness.
SCHs need this as much as WHMs.

Because I was responding to someone talking about 4-man dungeon runs where you could get a scholar instead of a white mage. The change is equalizing, not imbalancing since now both jobs are equal in being able to cast an aoe shield before a pull. If SCH gets the aoe Stoneskin as well, then you'll just unbalance it again by letting SCH able to put up two different shields on the party in just 2 casts. In 8 man trials and raids, you're correct, there's no reason not to cast both before a pull.