One strength of FFXIV is the ability to play all classes on the same character and switch between them with 1 button click.

Why is it that someone that plays either Sch or Smn is forced to sacrifice the primary stat of one, for the other.

You can argue about 15/15 or even that 30pt don't matter, but if you want your job to be the best it can be, 15-30pt do matter.

What is the reasoning behind forcing us to share stats between 2 separate jobs, that have 2 totally different roles and main stats?

I can understand, lvling balance that you only have to lvl 1 and can play both, but by now a lot of people are past the point where being the 1st or 50000th lvl 50 matters anymore.

I'm asking why? And pleading to separate the stats of Summoner and Scholar from each other so we can freely switch between them at any time and play either role at their best, rather than having to spend 10k tomes every time we truly want to play one and then switch back to the other.