Quote Originally Posted by Ryahask View Post
Maybe because SCH lost their crazy aoe damage which was a luxury, not an essential component of their kit while still receiving incredible new abilities and barely losing anything to the role system. SCH gets better single target healing which has always been a weakness of theirs, an amazing utility heal that people aren't talking about enough in Excogitation, a boost to their heal efficiency in the swap to Cleric's stance, new damage utility, and they get access to 2 incredible role skills they never had before.

By comparison, WHM lost more skills than any job in the game to the cross-role system as a Job with an already sparse kit. Their only new ability which isn't simply more overhealing is a shield, for which they lost a shield (Stoneskin). No new utility, none of their previous weaknesses covered. The closest thing to a meaningful NEW ability WHM is getting is in Thin Air, which, realistically, does nothing in difficult content unless MP values have been inflated to make it valuable.
Single target healing was a weakness? Do you even play Scholar? lol If anything, Excog was not even needed. It's the perfect CD to have with how Cleric Stance used to work, but as of now it's just a slightly better Lustrate that you'll only ever get off on a tank. While we didn't lose as much as WHM to role skills, I'll feel the loss of Virus more than the benefits of gaining a 20% heal buff that, again, wasn't even needed for the job.

Also, Thin Air could potentially make WHM the easiest job to manage MP on, considering most ASTs won't be wanting to use Ewers. If the MP costs are reflective of what we've been used to in HW, SCH will easily have the hardest time in that department too. WHM may not have received much, but it didn't get nerfed anywhere near as hard as SCH. And with N.AST retaining a 15% heal increase, it's more than valid for SCHs to be feeling a little shafted from what we're seeing. I'm still reserving judgement for now, but now that we have numbers it's looking a little bleak for for both except AST who continues to get buffed even now. :'D