SCH is trash in its current state

[MrKusakabe]

I have always healed as Scholar. It is always one main profession (Red Mage) and Scholar - since 2014.

Apart from certain personal issues like my muscle memory due to my skillbar looking like a swiss cheese without knowing how to properly re-arrange it there was so much awful gameplay going on it really tilted me to the point that I actually logged off mid-Castrum as I really just felt terrible. I just did that as it was Castrum and not a big loss, but playing my one and favourite healer profession made me quit the game for the day and log off crying in my Gridania Inn's pillow is a strong sign..!

My gripes:

* Missing Protes - Come on, we are Scholars, but we have not figured out a way for protection similar to protes in the past centuries? What kind of Scholars are we? Freshmen?
* To me, damage spikes are hard to heal away while regular healing is even more "boring".
* Indomitability used to be my "Panic button" - Now I have two restriction on it! A cooldown AND an aetherflow cost which in return is bound to a 60-second cooldown?
* My Eos was invisible for an entire bossfight. I s..t you not! I could not see it! My allies' health went down and I used to place my fairy in the middle of the action and then get out a juicy whispering dawn - well, I would, but I could not see her and blindly casted it in the hope it affects my guys. (As you know yourself, our Fairies end up at the edge of the arena often when blown over the place!)
* Whispering Dawn itself - Is something I have to cast now. Isn't the whole point of a fairy that we work parallel to each other - now it's serial. Why would I cast Whispering Dawn and the Eos does it, when I could use my own skill in the meantime?
* I found myself casting Adloquium a lot as I have no panic button - so I have to work proactive instead of reactive. But doing that on a 4-man group cost me 40% of my entire mana! I feel helpless..
* WHY THE F..CK CAN'T I PUT THE TWO SKILLS INTO THE PET SKILLBAR ANYMORE?
(Caps required for emphasis)


UI quirks:

* The awkward shield that bleeds into the player's names is stupid and nonsensical.
* What's with the down arrow below a name? Looks like I watch stock market on CNN. I thought it shows "up" when HoT is applied, but nope.

The entire flow between me and my fairy is broken. It feels like she hates me now or something. The entire point of me picking Scholar was the 60/30 relation of "me" and "my fairy". Right now she does her thing.

I am either not seeing the big elephant in the room here... Or I really do not wish to heal anymore. Even typing it out makes me kind of sad actually..

EDIT: I enjoy healing on my Red Mage more actually as it feels like a cool addition while Scholar feels crap.

Sincerely,