Quote Originally Posted by Risvertasashi View Post
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In that practical scenario, what is the other healer doing? I don't believe I have mentioned that Scholars can completely eradicate the role White Mage have right now. They're simply getting new spells and abilities to their existing kit that aids them in a weak area. Which would be AoE healing in particular. If Scholars are still maintaining their supportive healer role, not much will change for them. Unless Astrologian AoE healing is so severely weak compared to either healers, I doubt there's a need to blow more than 1 aetherflow for the AoE heal they are getting.

But to the point; Scholars have a supportive healing role with the current meta and very likely will keep it in Heavensward. Especially when undergeared for content and/or progressing. I don't doubt any composition isn't viable, be it whm/ast, ast/sch or whm/sch. But scholars have, without doubt, an edge as supportive healer compared to White Mage and Astrologian. Astrologians have some affinity towards the role Scholars have with the current meta, but nowhere as good. Cards aren't spammable (30s CD according to some document) and Disable, while potent in it's own way, cannot be compared with Virus. Regardless, Astrologian definitely has more affinity for said role than White Mage. So what Nihility posted is very plausible:

Quote Originally Posted by Nihility View Post
The general feeling for a while now is scholar will be the required healer and astrologian and white mage will be fighting for the second spot.
So unless Astrologian healing capacity in severely less than White Mage, that second spot will probably be shared with the two. With severe I meant bad enough that the other healer has to compensate more than they should be doing. However, if Astrologians have a healing kit that can somewhat rival White Mage, the buffing capability of astrologian may be favored over the raw healing white mages possess. Of course, this will all depend on the potency and details of the kit Astrologians will have. Apparently the preliminary patch notes will be announced during a live stream*, so we'll know soon enough. Reminder: I'm not claiming that White Mages are no longer viable, more in the context where Scholars pretty much have a guaranteed spot.

* http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/e70e4ffa10fe619e5e25d3dd59d7ff5f93a77cc1