Quote Originally Posted by Llynd View Post
Yeah but we cannot do anything about it. Nerfing the fairy would kill the sch. And it's only "op" when off healing because you can dps and heal at the same time, but when it comes of main healing ( what a sch should never do), it's not op anymore. Also, yes sch is is not replacable in endgame but it's a bit like for wars who fit the off tank role the best. What if Ast could just compete for the main healing role ?
Yoship already stated in his last 3.3 interview he wants AST to be able to sit in the off-healer seat instead of only main healer, hence the Noct buffs. A8S is more viable with WHM/AST than before having more than enough mitigation like CU and better-than-Succor shields for the J-Kicks, Disable is up for all but one long needle. You can clear anything with DRK/PLD as well. But that isn't to say these combos are optimal, but it can be done.

Fairy already got a slight nerf in 3.0, along with overall DET scaling taking a hit. With 4.0, they could press the reset button again. I don't know if nerfing Embrace potency is the answer either because that hurts Scholar even more in out-of-raid, casual content without having a regen that is as competitive as the other healers. It won't kill Scholar but they would have to align or probably buff up other skills to make-up for fairy nerfs.