4.1 and us healers

[Dregenfox]

The reason SCH are beating the DPS of WHM is because their GCD heals were horrible compared to WHM. As such groups are allocating the brunt of GCD healing on the WHM, while SCH just gives out whatever the fairy does and a few oGCD heals off AF.

This is why I'm advocating for buffs to SCH. If scholar becomes equal in healing to WHM in terms of GCD then there's a case to bring SCH/WHM duos and let the SCH handle the brunt of GCD-healing.

I think with some small buffs to WHM dps they have the potential to make up for astro buffs while still offering strong burst healing/GCD backup.

Also there have been countless topics on SCH's adlo and succor being too high. While I agree SCH healing is in a good spot right now it remains a fact that most players cannot handle an oGCD-only playstyle, so the fact that SCH healing can nearly match WHM with optimal play doesn't really matter. We also have to factor in the fact that fairy's embrace becomes fairly useless in o4s, which is a huge portion of SCH's healing.

Right now SCH's are in a situation where even if we wanted to main heal, it doesn't make sense, because hardcasting anything on a SCH is a massive waste of MP.

Either rework SCH by making them a pure pet/oGCD healer or give them the ability to hardcast heals. It makes no sense to keep both because DPS and hardcasted heals are mutually exclusive.