Scholar... SAY WHUT?

[Tonkra]

to quote myself

im pretty sure it is going to be Arcanist also. First class having two job options.

why? ACN [Debuffer/petclass] , SMN [pet class specialist], SCH [debuffer specialist]

scholar often is described in Final Fantasy as a mage with debuffing skills and sometimes also a mage that uses whm and blm skills (banish, dia).


and well.. think back about 1-2 years where they removed skills like Bio, Paralyze, Banish, Scourge etc. from THM. they wanted to re-introduce these skills on a brand new class/jobs in ARR

scholar being traditionally a debuffer mage.. this is where SCH comes in and fill this gap

skills that we are missing since 1.0.:

1. Scourge (damage + debuff effect -> debuffer role)
Curse an enemy with darkness and duress, dealing umbral damage and reducing the target's umbral magic defense.

2. Banish (a skill that is mostly associated with the WHM job, but in some FF's scholar uses some of the WHM/BLM skills) Exorcise an enemy's evils with holy light, dealing astral damage and reducing the target's astral magic defense.

3. Paralyze Cause an enemy's muscles to falter, sometimes preventing the target from completing actions.

4. Bio or Dia
Plague an enemy with disease, dealing umbral damage over time and reducing the target's attack power.

5. Absorb-INT
Leech an enemy's intelligence, transferring a portion of the target's evasion to you.

I'm fine with the mage names, to be honest! Conjury makes sense in that "conjurers draw forth and absorb aether from their immediate surroundings" ... .

In the german version of the game conjurers are named "druids" since the very beginning which is even more fitting if you ask me ^
because they live along with the nature.

But yes, I don't think the classes themselves would change, but I wouldn't be surprised if they changed the ACN/SMN weapon. If they did, my guess would be Arithmetician > Scholar, since it was a job back in Tactics that used magic of any kind (previously learnt). Obviously they'd have to change the mechanics of it for XIV, but I think it's pretty good.

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very very unlikely.

on the original jp boxart you see the job wheel artwork with SCH and SMN on it. both wearing books.scholar wearing glasses like the ACN on the official Arcanist artwork. Arcanist has somewhat of a student look, like Scholar does also. + SCH fits partly the role which the ACN has to offer (damage over time spells/debuffs)

SMN is losing carbuncle, the same for SCH. there is a reason why.

dont deny the obvious


hopefully this will come true... scholar using old 1.0. THM skills. it would become one of my fave jobs^^