Scholar: Returning to Roots

[Absurdity]

For point 4, I agree Dissipation is not a good skill and wish they'd change it. Personally, I'd like to see it become something similar to Assize and Earthly Star, where it deals maybe 250 potency damage and places a 500 potency shield on all allies. No heal. That I think is the biggest issue SE hasn't addressed, SCH wants more shielding skills.

I think it's worth clarifying that SCH doesn't need more shielding skills but shielding skills that are actually useful. Outside of downtime it is not worth using shields when you have to spend a GCD or even worse a GCD to apply it and then a weaving window to spread it, the shields are nowhere near powerful enough to spend that amount of time on them. Why waste GCDs to shield when the aoe won't kill anyone and you can just heal the damage with planned oGCDs? Dissipation becoming an oGCD aoe shield wouldn't have that issue, just like Seraph's shield is pretty much the only really useful shield since you can weave it so worst case you're only losing 80 potency.