Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
I mention shared EXP because all other aspects already have the groundwork to be circumvented, through traits. Even SCH and SMN already have differing traits and abilities before their split. At that point, the two jobs can be as differentiated as the developers like; there is no necessary systemic compromise except for the shared EXP.
Sch/Smn has always been problematic for so many reasons. Smn used to be fairly weak but the devs were pretty much stuck. They were so restricted with what they could do because any buffs to it's dots for example would also buff scholar and overpower it.

The core mechanics of the pets as well have caused problems for the class as well. Thats why pets them selves havent really changed much. Any changes to pet mechanics for one class would affect the other.

The whole thing has been a nightmare to work with and it demonstrates problems that players warned the devs of way back in 1.0.