White Mage vs Scholar - Why is White Mage lacking?

[Noxifer]

I've been reading through this thread (well, skimming the last couple of pages, I admit), but... Hasn't anyone mentioned the stronger Protect that WHM has? That protects against magic damage instead of just physical? And the fact that most, afaik, endgame damage is magic damage?
The stronger Protect and Stoneskin was the main reason I hurried to level up WHM even though I prefer SCH; to have better buffs in 4-man stuff, where I couldn't depend on a fellow healer to do that for me :p

[Cynfael]

I've been reading through this thread (well, skimming the last couple of pages, I admit), but... Hasn't anyone mentioned the stronger Protect that WHM has? That protects against magic damage instead of just physical? And the fact that most, afaik, endgame damage is magic damage?
The stronger Protect and Stoneskin was the main reason I hurried to level up WHM even though I prefer SCH; to have better buffs in 4-man stuff, where I couldn't depend on a fellow healer to do that for me

While those are strengths of WHM, most players take the difference for granted (if they even realize it...).

In 4-man content, no one really cares anyway; Proshell and Granite Skin don't make any difference that a SCH's Galvanize effects can't equal or surpass depending on the situation.

In any case, WHM is still very viable and doing fine.

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

I've been reading through this thread (well, skimming the last couple of pages, I admit), but... Hasn't anyone mentioned the stronger Protect that WHM has? That protects against magic damage instead of just physical? And the fact that most, afaik, endgame damage is magic damage?
The stronger Protect and Stoneskin was the main reason I hurried to level up WHM even though I prefer SCH; to have better buffs in 4-man stuff, where I couldn't depend on a fellow healer to do that for me

Actually, most endgame damage is still physical. Even the ones you're expecting the least to be physical: Twintania's fireball and Phoenix's revelation.