Physics on Summoner is very weak, intended or just a bug?

[Cabalabob]

Indeed. There is no reason why Summoner's Physick can't scale off Intelligence while Scholar's remains scaled off Mind when they are separate spells.

I'm genuinely curious if Yoshi-P is even aware of this issue. Serious question. I'm getting concerned at this point.

From live letter 37:

Q: Red mage’s Vercure is affected by the intelligence attribute, but would it be possible to change summoner’s Physick so that the cure potency changes with intelligence?

A: Red mage was born from both white and black magic; however, summoner is different. Each of the jobs have their own roles. If all jobs were made equally, that would basically make every job the same. From a gaming perspective, I believe it would be more fun to have differences, so we carefully made adjustments so that the jobs do not become the same.

They are aware, their reasoning is just not good reasoning. Physick has been discussed to death in the past and bizarrely there are people out there who defend the decision to keep it MND based.

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...93#post4500993

[Allegor]

From live letter 37:


They are aware, their reasoning is just not good reasoning. Physick has been discussed to death in the past and bizarrely there are people out there who defend the decision to keep it MND based.

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...93#post4500993

They removed Fluid Aura after nerfing it several times, so maybe they'll remove Physick someday if people keep complaining about it. That said, I do kinda agree with that reasoning, in a way. If smn could heal and raise just like rdm, they'd need to be hit with...what's it called? 'support tax' ? and I doubt most would be happy about that.

It took many expansions for SE to finally remove the useless Fluid Aura from WHM to combat skill bloats against a skill that no ones bother to put on their hotbars



Give them several more expansions and you will see Physick gone.

Which is funny because not only whm has the least bloat of all healers, but Aqua Veil is basically what Fluid Aura could've been turned/upgraded into, instead of "replaced" .... 71 levels later [Largesse/Temperance all over again huh?]

[Iscah]

From live letter 37:

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They are aware, their reasoning is just not good reasoning.

Really, that quote doesn't put it in a way that makes it certain they're aware of the issue.

The question asked is "can it be changed to scale on intelligence to be like RDM?"

The question that needs to be asked is "can it be changed to scale on intelligence so it heals for a useful amount and not the current 1% of our HP?"