Sage and Scholar are almost exactly the same. Anyone who thinks otherwise hasn't compared the actions properly. I got my Scholar hotbar and replaced it with Sage's version of the same actions. The only difference between them is that your abilities aren't delayed while the pet casts them and Sage has to unlock the dot and shields with Eukrasia. Sage heals while doing damage, but Scholar's faerie heals while doing damage as well. What Sage does that is unique is to buff the heal they do from dealing damage instead of things like Fey Union. They also have a gap closer (big reason for me to choose it sometimes).

Quote Originally Posted by Raikai View Post
A lot can be said about Blue Mages, but I feel that their healing model is way more interesting that the regular healers, because they have the other way around: a big portion of the GCDs need to be used with healing, but on the other hand, you have a ton of oGCD things to put in between.
Blue Mage healing is a lot better. I recommend it to dissatisfied healers.