Scholar is a horribly designed job and shows zero thought goes into healer design

[Katish]

Can you provide a link to what scene in the game she is addressed as a White Mage?

The iconic scene I remember is when she comes out of the first temple thing with the iconic line "I've...done it...! I have...become...a summoner!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgzwY69_vfM (Final Fantasy X HD Remaster - Yuna becomes a Summoner)

Can you point to any point in the game she is referred, in lore, as a "WHITE MAGE"? She, in lore, is JUST a Summoner. I don't think she uses any White Magic in any cutscenes, but she absolutely uses Summons. And the Sphere Grid is openended, meaning it isn't the best tool to use (not to mention the White Mage Haste and Slow spells are in Tidus' part of the Grid and Kimari can go anywhere). But yeah, where in FFX is Yuna referred to as "White Mage"?

You are quoting the obvious that she is a summoner which I never said she wasn't and for the white mage portion I think it's brought up by Wakka very subtly which would make it hard to find. I'll do another play through when I have time and link what I find later down (but I have a backlog). Even still it doesn't change the fact her tree is deeply integrated with white magic at the start. Especially more so, when you look at her unique ability pray. The identity of white mage is there, and although she doesn't inherit haste initially (she can later)...Again white magic and the identity of white mage is integrated with additional design that's what makes it superfluous. You may agree to disagree but it doesn't change the facts. 14 doesn't have anything like that so it has only the bare bones. And mmo scenario that doesn't require healing the backbones of whm or any healer isn't enough to prop the classes up when again the downtime is so harsh. You may like the current design but it's not objectively good design as the optimal rotation is one button press and that's it. If you're healing and making a "job" off it in this game you're probably burdening the group for what could be DPS and that's not always a bad thing, there are always going to be players that are subpar at their job that's just what it is. Also refrain from saying "some people" or a "majority" it just showcases fallacy or some sort of bias. Argumentum ad populum