SCH concept changes

[Osmond]

You know what, that doesn’t sound bad at all. Sacrifice a button and consolidate to energy drain with a big nuke w/ a fall off. Gets rid of the bloat.

Nah on the gap closer, expedient is good enough.

Hmm, don’t want them to change recitation. They can just change the code to make Aldo/succor instant…..but increase the MP as a trade off.

The fey union change….the shield can work, but will have to nerf the cure potency as a trade off.

[KarmaYraeon]

Another consideration was also simply streamlining the class with Summoner, though since aetherflow isn't gained until lvl 45 they aren't exactly related but that's besides the point.

Nah on the gap closer, expedient is good enough.

Expedient is nice, but on a 2 minute cooldown it can make things kind of awkward when that's all you have. Given scholar has to hardcast everything, it would mean keeping up with the tank during large pulls in dungeons, or getting into positions during raid mechanics would be a little bit easier on them between casting healing. The same could be said about all of the healers really, and I think that the big thing is that it would depend on what the gap closer actually is. I figured that maybe unlike Ikarus, it could be something that pushes the scholar back 15y like Bard's Repelling Shot. Another fanciful idea is to give them their own Between the Lines, where they can dash to their faerie, giving you more incentive to manage its position during a fight, and rewarding you with safety and time-saving for doing so.

Hmm, don’t want them to change recitation. They can just change the code to make Aldo/succor instant…..but increase the MP as a trade off.

I think the main concern there is that adlo and succor are already 1000 MP each. Given they don't have many MP management tools, it would feel kind of bad to make them permanently 200-400MP more. It would really just be a QoL matter to help with using recitation in the first place, since sometimes if you start casting too late you don't actually get to use the buff at all thanks to it timing out mid-cast.

The fey union change….the shield can work, but will have to nerf the cure potency as a trade off.

I'd already taken that into consideration, not to worry. Since Fey Union is normally 300 potency per tick, I'd just listed it to be lowered to 100 potency and a 150%/180% shield on top. If you used a full gauge that can be up to 1800 potency shield which would be insane of course, but that's also an entire fey gauge worth of healing wasted otherwise.