Genuine Scholar feedback

[Gemina]

Chiming in to the OP back on the first page, what I can say about Energy Drain is that SCH resources in general need to be looked at. How they are acquired and spent. The skills tied to their resources, etc. It's difficult for me to see ED as a problem by itself, when it really is just part of SCH's overall janky gameplay.

Right now, I use ED because there is nothing else for me to spend my resources on while Soil and Excog are on CD. It most certainly isn't for damage as another healer with just a couple of lucky crits will easily beat that out. It's still free damage though. This in itself is an outdated concept because SCH has an ability [aetherflow] which takes up real-estate on their hotbar, and adds to their APM that gives them three charges that could be redesigned into a resource they earn instead. Better yet, put Aetherflow on a 120s CD that grants them three quick charges to this resource they otherwise earn. Again I will point out how outdated this job is, despite being a functioning car that just won't break down, and will still keep going even after newer models end up in the heap.

Most jobs have to be mindful if they have charges and may not have the luxury to use them leisurely. SCH doesn't even have that. Blowing your charges has a two fold benefit that should appease both healer camps because this forces the SCH to dip further into their kits if healing is needed. Some SCH's might advise to hold onto at least one charge in case someone needs a quick lustrate, but yeah... no. Not if you want to avoid whack-a-mole healing while playing SCH. Others will tell me it is more optimal to favor using a charge of aetherflow instead of a GCD to top up someone, and they are not wrong at all. But the incorrigible black sheep in me will always resort to using emergency tactics along with adlo to get a player out of crit HP if I feel active regens and their own sustainability won't do the trick.

Ah SCH. FFXIV's relic job. Y'all know this job will get reworked, right? And when it does, it will receive what seems to be commonly perceived as the 'style over substance' treatment. When this happens, this toolshed of a job will lose this aforementioned gameplay.