Scholar Ability Additions and Revisions

[LegoTechnic]

I think this is my biggest issue with SCH right now is that we keep running into this conundrum. I think this entire post is great but I will say that I'm opposed to some ideas, mostly just based on the fact that I would rather see the fairy gone and have more focus on SCH's ability to use shields and assist the party.

That said I'm sure more people would be mad if they out right removed the fairy but I personally never felt the fairy added to the SCH appeal (to me at least).

The fairy's primary role has always been to give the SCH some of the abilities generally tied to other classes. The SCH itself only has direct heals, specifically ability heals with a single variant of cure and additional weak heals that generate a galvanizing shield. Their magic comes from an unknown, not fully understood source which is alluded to frequently in their class quests and is thus a separate healing energy than that of Conjurors and White Mages. They have no regens at all, and previously had no method of "spiritual refresh" (though I guess they do NOW...), and they have no connection to the spirits as WHMs know them at all, instead entering into a "partnership" with a fairy of unknown origin (which they continually avoid having to delve into in class quests due to distractions).

And this is where the fairy comes in, because the fairy is responsible for the SCH's spirit magic. Much like how Arcanists don't have anything to do with Black Magic, SCHs aren't White Mages, so it's Eos, the fairy of dawn who is responsible for CNJ effects such as regen, divine seal, and shell. And as a duality, Selene of dusk takes on DPS role features similar to a Bard with a haste buff and a silence, though in HW she also gained an AoE dispell to replace the loss of her alternating skill/spell speed buffs. This is part of the class design, as the SCH is specifically Shields-Only, relying on technique and unusual application (see: Virus) to fill their role, and their heals themselves are at best only moderately powerful without tactical manipulation, so they use the fairy to cover abilities that they themselves do not have.

Or at least it was supposed to be that way until someone decided all healers should start to play the same. Hopefully they've done their worst and the trend will not continue further down the Knucker Hole. >_>;

[ZaqueXIII]

Eos, the fairy of dawn who is responsible for CNJ effects such as regen, divine seal, and shell. And as a duality, Selene of dusk takes on DPS role features similar to a Bard with a haste buff and a silence

Thanks a bunch, its actually been forever since I've looked back at the SCH class lore. Although I guess more what I'm saying is that I don't enjoy the pet, not that I cant manage it as they only have a few abilities to really deal with and their AOE's have quite the range. More so I just don't like having to have a pet to be able to reliably compete, I personally don't see why we couldn't have stance similar to AST focused on support or shields, but, as I say that I realize the last thing we need is full homogenization. In the end I have no say in the direction SE wants to take their jobs but I cant help but wish that classes I like aligned more with how I wanted them to be... Oh well.

[LegoTechnic]

Thanks a bunch, its actually been forever since I've looked back at the SCH class lore. Although I guess more what I'm saying is that I don't enjoy the pet, not that I cant manage it as they only have a few abilities to really deal with and their AOE's have quite the range. More so I just don't like having to have a pet to be able to reliably compete, I personally don't see why we couldn't have stance similar to AST focused on support or shields, but, as I say that I realize the last thing we need is full homogenization. In the end I have no say in the direction SE wants to take their jobs but I cant help but wish that classes I like aligned more with how I wanted them to be... Oh well.

In a lot of ways SCH was an experiment. Whereas SMN was largely a variation of WoW's warlock in design focus with simple role-focused pets and heavy DoT focus, SCH was a creative spin on a healer with similar role-pets and a focus on preventative shields to set it apart from the WHM. One of the reasons I liked the class when it came out was it just felt so different from healers I've played in other MMOs, as it was kind of a fresh idea in a lot of ways.

It's true the fairy takes away some responsiveness of using abilities since it needs to "process" your orders, but they're fun utilities to play with and almost like extra party members at times. It was a "moment" when we discovered that Brute Justice held them in such high regard that he would purposefully aim his massive laser at them specifically. ;-]