Scholar possible buffs

[Ghishlain]

more so that the skills I complained about could be better with certain changes instead of in the overly situational state they seem to be in.

Just consider Scholar's theme - it's a tactician by nature and it's there to lead and heal a small contingent of Marauders. By it's design, it's meant to have tools that are limited and meant to be used tactically.

Aetherflow controls Lustrate, Sacred Soil, Indomitability, Energy Drain, and Bane. You get three per minute and you need to determine the best time to use those resources in each minute. Scholar also has a large array of situational cooldowns - Eye for an Eye, Virus, Deployment Tactics, Emergency Tactics, every single Fairy Cooldown. Some abilities in this massive list are your bread and butter, others are your "Well, if this happens, I can respond with this" button. Play it as such and don't think it's the same as playing a WHM or AST.

By its design - Scholar's resource management is less about the MP like it is for WHM and AST and more about managing your MP and cooldowns for maximum efficiency. Scholar has an "everything is situational toolkit".

[Alahra]

Just consider Scholar's theme - it's a tactician by nature and it's there to lead and heal a small contingent of Marauders. By it's design, it's meant to have tools that are limited and meant to be used tactically.

I haven't finished reading the thread but this made me laugh. This is true in both the lore *and* in game, as 6 or 7 WARs and 1 or 2 SCHs is probably one of the most viable "off-kilter" party compositions out there. Never have lore and game aligned so well, and I never really put it together.