[Request] Can Scholar please get Miasma back?

[Kolsykol]

Everyone mentions Miasma, but does no one remember Shadow Flare ?

[Nizzi]

Bumping this again, perhaps futilely, but just trying to keep it on the first page. We're not asking for more damage, we just want more damage options for fun!

[Shuuli]

This would mean we would need to lose another ability as scholar is already a job with quite "button heavy" hotbar. It is ture you do not need to use all of them, but they want to decrease the number of the buttons for PS players not increase them.

However, I would not mind losing Repose... I can count on one hand how many times I used this ability...

[Silver-Strider]

This would mean we would need to lose another ability as scholar is already a job with quite "button heavy" hotbar. It is ture you do not need to use all of them, but they want to decrease the number of the buttons for PS players not increase them.

However, I would not mind losing Repose... I can count on one hand how many times I used this ability...

SCH used to have a lot more buttons prior to the skill pruning and I still have some of those old skills on my 3rd Hotbar that used to be full that acts as a skill graveyard. Hell, with a proper rework of some of the old skills, you could easily return 70% of them without adding a single new button.

Eye for an Eye could be reworked into a low level version of Protraction and have Protraction be spreadable by Deployment Tactics like Eye for an Eye could be spread.
Rouse could be Seraph since all they both do is upgrade the fairy a little bit (albeit Seraph adds a shield effect and Rouse was just a potency increase but both accomplished similar functions). Merge Consultation with Fey Blessing instead and nothing changes.
Shadowflare, Bane and Virus? Made into a system built off of Energy Drain that merges them into Art of War, Biolysis and Ruin 2.

That leaves only Miasma 1/2 that would need to be added as "new" skills and if we're going to be pruning skills anyways, let's make Dissipation into a low level version of Recitation, that just allows you to use 1 extra Aetherflow ability and Recitation adds the Guaranteed Crit as an upgrade that includes Addlo into the effect. If Dissipation's only real purpose is to be a roundabout DPS gain, cut the nonsense and return Misama as your DPS buff and make Dissipation into the healing tool it was always intended to be.

[Ayer2015]

It would be nice if they made SCH a healer with low potency direct heals, with shields and HoTs. Combined that with DoT based dps and it would be a refreshing change. Instead we get homogenized healers in the name of balance.

[SargeTheSeagull]

My little idea for a minor SCH rework would giving SCH its dots back, make all of the direct “restores HP with a potency of X” like indom, lustrate, whispering dawn, would come from the fairy whereas every shield and utility like protraction and expedience would come from the SCH themselves. I also think deployment tactics should have a MUCH shorter cooldown and spread dots like bane used to. I think every heal that currently consumes aetherflow should consume fairy gauge. Fairy gauge would be generated by casting offensive spells or shields. Oh, and energy drain should be turned into fester, it’s potency should depend on how many dots the target is under, and it should be free and just have three charges.

[Nizzi]

I see the Miasma icon on Biolytic in PVP, Square! You can't hide it from us forever!

[Nizzi]

Bumping this again; I am a Miasma lover.

[Silver-Strider]

Bumping this again; I am a Miasma lover.

Knowing SE, once Biolysis reaches level 4, they'll change it to Miasma just to troll us.
I wish they'd pull their head out their asses and actually make healers fun again.

[sergel02]

SCH used to have a lot more buttons prior to the skill pruning and I still have some of those old skills on my 3rd Hotbar that used to be full that acts as a skill graveyard. Hell, with a proper rework of some of the old skills, you could easily return 70% of them without adding a single new button.

Eye for an Eye could be reworked into a low level version of Protraction and have Protraction be spreadable by Deployment Tactics like Eye for an Eye could be spread.
Rouse could be Seraph since all they both do is upgrade the fairy a little bit (albeit Seraph adds a shield effect and Rouse was just a potency increase but both accomplished similar functions). Merge Consultation with Fey Blessing instead and nothing changes.
Shadowflare, Bane and Virus? Made into a system built off of Energy Drain that merges them into Art of War, Biolysis and Ruin 2.

That leaves only Miasma 1/2 that would need to be added as "new" skills and if we're going to be pruning skills anyways, let's make Dissipation into a low level version of Recitation, that just allows you to use 1 extra Aetherflow ability and Recitation adds the Guaranteed Crit as an upgrade that includes Addlo into the effect. If Dissipation's only real purpose is to be a roundabout DPS gain, cut the nonsense and return Misama as your DPS buff and make Dissipation into the healing tool it was always intended to be.

I’d like this. As a controller player who uses the Mixed setting for my hands and wrists, I’m limited to 32 quick action buttons, so when abilities merge or have charges, it helps a lot.

I like the healing of the healers overall right now especially with their level 90 skills, but their DPS rotation is a bit boring when you’re not needing to heal. Plus, I tend to not want to take healers through the story or solo content because their DPS rotation is pretty boring. Even a small change, extra charge for some skills, or one new skill would be make things more fun, for all kinds of players.

I also wish we had more use of the faerie gauge.