I'm slightly irked by the new Gauge we have. We sorta got a mechanic tacked onto us as well, similar to WHM. But we didn't need it really, our mechanic was DoT and Shield management, which is why we played very similarly in 3.x, they got it right the first time; but they seem to be moving away from that, which is sad, T.T I do wish we got something more, like the Gauge interacting more with our abilities. And why don't we have more Aetherflow Stacks, like really not getting any at 60 was alright, but by 70 I was expecting 1 more; then maybe alternate. I wish we had more Fairy skills, like a Direct Shield ability for Selene, and a new Regen for Eos, single target; or why not an extension skill, similar to ASTs, it could extend the buffs we grant by 15 seconds or so.
Changes I wish would happen
Bane: Please don't nerf it, T.T it's our only main source of AoE
Shadowflare: back to its original use as a DoT and able to be recast, or even remove it and replace it with a new skill that works for both SMN and SCH, and give it to us as a Job ability, Maybe put Miasma 2 Back here. Or why not Aetherpact, since hey you gave it to both SCh and SMN anyway like what?
Sacred Soil: either up the damage defense to justify the use of an Aetherflow stack or give this the Shadowflare treatment, an ability with a 60s CD
Fairy Passive Buffs: Give us a buff for the fairy we have out, why does AST even have buffs on their skills anyway, the potencies are the same as ours, If the potencies were still lower, yes keep those buffs, that's why they were there to start, but now its just overkill. The obvious choice is Eos gives us a heal buff and Selene a Spell Speed one, but I say reverse it so we don't go overkill. I'd even take 5% at this point.
The New Fey Gauge: Give us more for the gauge to interact with, like a new fairy skill that uses part of the gauge. A Direct Shield for Selene and a Potent Regen for Eos
Dissipation: At least make the fairy resummon after it loses its effect.
Quicken Aetherflow: This trait is dumb, like some other before it... looking at you stoneskin and medica traits. Why not have this trait work in our favor by upgrading our fairies in some way, like the gauge increases twice as fast or something, i dunno i'm tired, T.T
Those are my thoughts for now, but I guess we'll have to see. The good news I guess is a lot of use have similar ideas so SE can say we are all over the map, we all know what SCH is supposed to be.