Healer Suggestions Megathread

[rawker]

Just imagine SGE having Kardia at level 1, increase its healing potency for ST, and make a toggle that makes it target everyone at standard AoE healing potency. Then remove Prognosis/Diagnosis and just focus on as much mitigation cooldowns and then sprinkle in a few "direct" healing like AST bubble for downtime.

With that few changes, SGE has been divorced with SCH.

[Aravell]

AOE Esuna is something that I have always seen as a White Mage thing. No idea why Scholar ever had it.

I see partywide Esuna as more of a niche thing, it would fit neatly into SCH's book of stratagems.

As for WHM, if it's meant to be the most beginner-friendly healer, I think they could do with niche supportive spells that helps beginners, like Reraise, Full-Life, or even something that removes Weakness, like Bravery or something.

[ty_taurus]

I see partywide Esuna as more of a niche thing, it would fit neatly into SCH's book of stratagems.

As for WHM, if it's meant to be the most beginner-friendly healer, I think they could do with niche supportive spells that helps beginners, like Reraise, Full-Life, or even something that removes Weakness, like Bravery or something.

I'm speaking more from an identity standpoint. Esunaga, or Esuna III, is normally associated with white mage. Scholar, to be fair, isn't a job that has much identity since it's only appeared in III, XI, and Tactics Advance 2 (and perhaps Harley counts from The After Years). But Esunaga, to me, falls far more in like with the high-potency healer moreso than a tactical poison mage.

[rawker]

My fellow SCH can hate me for this but I'd rather move Chain Stratagem to AST to make the latter be the de facto healer that brings in the most buffs among healers

[Aravell]

My fellow SCH can hate me for this but I'd rather move Chain Stratagem to AST to make the latter be the de facto healer that brings in the most buffs among healers

Don't worry, I hate you for other reasons.

Just kidding.

Jokes aside, I wouldn't mind Chain Stratagem being removed, I don't think it really adds very much to the SCH job fantasy or the gameplay. I'd personally want to see SCH set up debuffs for things to happen later (to play into their preparatory style of gameplay) instead of a set-and-forget buff.

[Supersnow845]

I like the thematic design of chain and really think it does fit SCH but its actual nature as a set and forget buff is underwhelming, if you actually had to do something to properly set up chain for later I’d be fine with it because it thematically fits, it’s just underwhelming as a button

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

My fellow SCH can hate me for this but I'd rather move Chain Stratagem to AST to make the latter be the de facto healer that brings in the most buffs among healers

Probably not, considering how current chain quite literally is one of the most boring button in existence.

Although before I even entertain about the idea of removing the button, I had an unpolished idea of 'reworked' chain that looked something like this:

Chain Stratagem (Cooldown: 120s | 25y)
Increases rate at which target takes critical hits by 8% for 15s. Also grants ‘Piercing Sight’ to self.
Additional Effect: Increases effectiveness depending on the amount of Scholar's damage over times that's currently active on target.
1 DoT: 2%
2 DoT: 4%
3 DoT: 7% & increases duration by 5s.
Piercing Sight: Able to execute "Scourge"

This was written under the assumption that my SCH has a total of 4 DoTs that they may use in ST situations which are:

1. Biolysis: relatively unchanged.
2. Miasma III: a 1.5s cast time dps increase DoT with 21s duration.
3. Bio IV: an instant dps neutral DoT with 12s duration.
4. Miasma IV: a 2.5s cast time AoE DoT with 15s duration. Overwrites Miasma III and costs hefty sum of MP but offers an on demand mitigation by debuffing target's damage dealt depending on their HP%. The lower target's HP%, the greater the effectiveness is. By default a dps loss in ST situation but a good back up option to mitigate if SCH messes up their other tools.

Scourge is the old SMN's "Tri-Disaster"-lite with a caveat of only refreshing DoT if the target already has the aforementioned DoT ticking.. It offers a potentially massive dps gain, mobility, and weaving window. Piercing Sight status can be earned through the use of Chain Stratagem & the revamped Energy Drain Siphon. Yes, I want them to be overwrite-able.

I really should finish writing mine revamp lol. Maybe bring back Shadowflare too but I don't know how, for now.

Also just a nitpick... they should let us have Bio III in Stormblood level range. Feels weird to skip everything between Bio II to Biolysis (lv26 to 72). Maybe give it an excuse to let us have 2nd DoT too, lmao.

[Mecia]

Having finally played SCH, man, SGE is a carbon copy. I feel AST and WHM have some differences but SCH was so easy to adjust to after playing SGE.

I dont have any suggestions due to my lack of overall experience but yeah, healers are in a dire situation lmao.

[mallleable]

Another idea of what could be done with Chain Stratagem to make it a little more interactive is that it applies a debuff that increases the amount of damage the SCH deals to the enemy, but also makes all spells instant for the duration. And reduce its cooldown to like 60 seconds.

And there will be more interactions with Deployment Tactics, and Recitation if we assume their capabilities get expanded. Like Deployment off the enemy will just apply the debuff to all nearby enemies, and Deployment off the SCH could be a moderate movement speed buff (the 'safest' way to have a "haste" buff for allies).

[Esmoire]

I like the thematic design of chain and really think it does fit SCH but its actual nature as a set and forget buff is underwhelming, if you actually had to do something to properly set up chain for later I’d be fine with it because it thematically fits, it’s just underwhelming as a button

Obviously what should happen is the fairy should fly over and start to chew on the discovered vulnerability for massive damage. >:)

Because we all need another ability that saps our fairy from doing other functions.