SCH needs to be significantly buffed

[Semirhage]

Funny how this turned into a debate between angry Scholars and bitter Whitemages when the issue was never, and still isn't, with SCH's viability. And maybe you should stop aiming at each other and instead look at who caused this mess in the first place?

I get your point, but this thread *is* titled "SCH needs to be significantly buffed", and the OP isn't talking about addressing clunk. It's yet another "SCH deserves bigger numbers" thread.

I also disagree with the popular opinion that WHM received gameplay improvements in ShB. It still has all of its previous clunk, all of its previous kit gaps, and fewer damage options. Still more immobile than BLM, still awfully clippy, still next to zero utility (outside stapling Sacred Soil onto Divine Seal), still not significantly stronger at personal damage or healing despite this being advertised as their "identity". The only "improvement" was giving it a job gauge that wasn't so laughable that the best way to use it at all skill levels was to ignore it. Now you basically ignore it unless there's downtime or you're out of oGCDs. Or you're in a dungeon, because blowing them even on overhealing is a damage gain with trash packs. Which I personally think is jank as hell design, but then again I'm not playing it this expansion.

There is no point to being at each other's throats over which healer is more busted. Scholar being good has no correlation to Whitemage being shit or vice versa...and neither is Astro.

You're likely right, if only because I doubt Square Enix even reads the NA forums unless there's a truly huge backlash over something. Though it certainly feels that way, spending six years on this forum with Scholars telling me I'm not allowed utility or complexity at all because that's "Scholar's identity", as if Scholar design had a monopoly on class engagement. When your healing competition is both overpowered and joins Square Enix telling you that you're not allowed utility because We Said So, it gets tiring.