Stormblood Scholar could be back in 8.0

[Connor]

I'll be frank: if people want to not have the choice between DPS or Healing on a SCH, then they should play SGE. Period.

Having that very choice is the very reason why it still appeals to some players like myself. You can still DPS with said choice and still do your primary job adequately without chadding cohealers.

Scholar threads and arbitrary gatekeeping, name a more iconic duo.

‘I like this one singular ability on this job therefore that one ability is clearly the defining feature of said job’s entire playstyle’.

I mean, I like when Bard had to cast; one could argue that if someone wants a no-cast Bard they can play Dancer. Naturally, people would just say ‘why are you basing a job’s entire identity and gameplay on the presence of literally a single skill’. Others would say ‘why should I have to play Dancer just to not have these cast times’? Then you get to Scholar and suddenly it’s ‘get bricked over 100 potency OGCD DPS or you’re not a real Scholar’ and that’s that.

Lastly, since nobody else will say it, I will;
Energy Drain is not a choice outside of Savage and Ultimates because 60 sec Recitation exists.
You can copium around it all you want, there are literally no downsides to using Energy Drain anyway. You have 3 fairy abilities, Recitation, Dissipation, Seraphism, Summon Seraph. There is literally no justification in 90% of content to not use Energy Drain with pretty much every single Aetherflow. Why? because it no longer has any effect on whether you can heal or not