Sooo are SMN and SCH being separated?

[Reiryuu]

I'm not sure it can be done at this point in time. It'll be scrapped for future jobs, I'm sure. But for the current jobs it's likely going to stay.

[Hiruke]

I'm not sure it can be done at this point in time. It'll be scrapped for future jobs, I'm sure. But for the current jobs it's likely going to stay.

I think the class system makes it improbably difficult for them to be able to separate Scholar from Summoner. And they were essentially added due to Conjurer/ White Mage being the only healing class/job in the game. (Though, up until level 30, Conjurer remains the sole healer class.)

Sure would be nice if the two were separated though.

It could be done, rather "easily". Make SMN branch out of ACN like usual, and make SCH an "advanced job" similar to DRK, etc. Have it to where you need a level 30 job or something, then you can start the SCH quest (or have it still require ACN 30 etc. to start the quest), and once you unlock the SCH job it opens a brand new job with its own discrete level, which would require redoing all their dps abilities. You could then put stuff like Res onto SCH (removing it from ACN). Take a few other SCH type abilities from ACN, replace it with other stuff.

I can see why SE wouldn't want to do it, but it's far from impossible, and would probably be better for the game in the long run.