The skills Scholar should have got.

[Cherub]

60: Dissipation
Increases caster's healing magic potency by 50%.
Increases mana cost of all healing spells by 100%.
Duration: 15s
Cooldown: 180s

As if MP costs on healing spells weren't already high enough.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

As if MP costs on healing spells weren't already high enough.

Honestly I was a level 50 SCH for a long time. Level 60 feels like they increased Mana costs a TON...

[Nihility]

honestly

broil is just a straight damage upgrade and a good one at that
deployment tactics is a huge help(completely trivialize on a crit) big AoE
emergency tactics is amazing with succor since 90% of the time it's in response to aoe damage and moving healthbars is what matters since the shield will likely be gone before the next aoe
indomitability is just an amazing aoe heal
and dissipation while usually un-useful has moments where that extra 3 aetherflow and huge potency boost make all the difference in the world

Unlike most classes, scholars post-50 skills are all supplements filling gaps the class had before
They do nothing but make scholars much better and more versatile

compared to the new hoops most classes have to now jump through just to keep on par with what they used to be scholar got one of the very best expansion treatments

[Viviza]

Honestly I was a level 50 SCH for a long time. Level 60 feels like they increased Mana costs a TON...

It's no different. We just had piety reset.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

It's no different. We just had piety reset.

We had more mana before compared to the mana cost of our abilities.

[Nihility]

We had more mana before compared to the mana cost of our abilities.

mana costs are a percentage of base mana pool.
before expansion hit we had gear many tiers past the base 50 set
At the moment we are using relatively basic gear for 60

so basically our characters are, in a very real way, weaker at 60 than we were at 50

[Ghishlain]

mana costs are a percentage of base mana pool.
before expansion hit we had gear many tiers past the base 50 set
At the moment we are using relatively basic gear for 60

so basically our characters are, in a very real way, weaker at 60 than we were at 50

Just to expand on this point further.

WHM@50 has a base PIE 242
Assume a crafted i70 set fully melded with PIE for a total of 139 PIE
Total PIE is 242 + 139 = 381 PIE for a total of 4,605 MP
Cure costs 133 MP @ 50 so you can cast a total of 34 Cures with this MP pool.

WHM@60 has a base PIE 261
Assume a crafted i180 set fully melded with PIE for a total of 494 PIE
Total PIE is 261 + 494 = 755 PIE for a total of 14,080 MP
Cure costs 422 MP @ 60 so you can cast a total of 33 Cures with this MP pool.

That's pretty comparable. Can do the math for the "ilvl" cap as of 2.1 and (most likely) 3.1.


WHM@50 has a base PIE 242
Assume a crafted i90 set fully melded with PIE for a total of 206 PIE
Total PIE is 242 + 206 = 468 PIE for a total of 5,135 MP
Cure costs 133 MP @ 50 so you can cast a total of 38 Cures with this MP pool.

WHM@60 has a base PIE 261
Assume a crafted i210 set fully melded with PIE for a total of 821 PIE
Total PIE is 261 + 821 = 1,082 PIE for a total of 16,195 MP
Cure costs 422 MP @ 60 so you can cast a total of 38 Cures with this MP pool.

So, yes, an i130 healer at 50 will be capable of much more for level 50 content than an i210 healer at 60 for level 60 content.

[EDIT] Just some perspective with an i130 set @ 50:

WHM@50 has a base PIE 242
Assume a crafted i130 set fully melded with PIE for a total of 279 PIE
Total PIE is 242 + 279 = 521 PIE for a total of 5,711 MP
Cure costs 133 MP @ 50 so you can cast a total of 42 Cures with this MP pool.

[Negafox]

Broil and Deployment Tactics are freakin' epic. Dissipation, not so much.

60: Dissipation
Restores 20% of maximum MP.
Takes 20% of the caster's life.
Cooldown: 30s

Maybe your fairy gets temporarily immobilized for 10 seconds of insta-casts of healing spells. All fairy abilities are on cooldown at the end of the Dissipation. Cooldown: 150 seconds.

[Esp]

Since we all know that scholar abilities pretty much past 52 are pretty situational. These are the scholar abilities we should have got.

60: Dissipation
Restores 20% of maximum MP.
Takes 20% of the caster's life.
Cooldown: 30s

Isn't Convert already in the game? XD

Also, why is it that a large majority of skills you sometimes create usually have a life steal to the user? Don't healers already have a pretty low HP pool as it is?

Just wondering is all.

[ViDare]

Just curious, what if disappation on top of what it already did, doubled any effects on the fairy. So whispering dawn would give a twice a potent regen and fey wind have a 6% attack speed boost to party members