Did the two classes have different devs? White mage is barebones and scholar has actual synergy.
I am talking about two primary points here
1. How scholar has an amazing secondary stat that complement it in various ways. But every secondary stat is meh for white mage.
2. Presence of mind- 5 minute cooldown 10 seconds of increased spell speed. Compared this to scholar's 20% chance to get increased spell speed proc on pet crit heal, and spell speed buff from selene with 50% uptime.
When a scholar gets a extra critical piece they cream themselves. As a white mage what do i have to be excited over?
Critical- More over-healing since my mechanics do not support random critical hits. Full crit build =Around 13% critical chance
Speed- 0.01 speed increase. Full SS build reduces gcd to 2.3
Det-8 det =1 mind. Full Det build increases hp healing by 30 on cure and 50 on cure 2.
Critical hit for scholars
20% chance whenever your pet gets a critical hit from healing . You get a spell speed buff.
Your adloquium critical hits give you double shield. So enjoy up to 3k hp shields in full gear.
Sch mechanics support critical hits by causing a bigger shield on targets.
Scholars heals overheal less then white mage since their heals are lower potency individually and split between fairy and scholar or between heal and shield. Criticals are more welcome.
Presence of mind
I find this ability design completely ridiculous. Scholar with a decent crit rate will have a high uptime of increased spell speed from their trait and 50% uptime of ss boost from selene. But white mage have 5 minute cool down , 10 second duration ability for increased speed.
What i want
I want white mage to be designed better. As a white mage i want to be actually excited about secondary stats.
I think the stat should be spell speed. SE should:
Give us a trait that complements spell speed . Make regen effects, affected by spell speed. Give regen a reduced gcd, similar to lustrate. Because full gcd on regen is really harsh and clunky. Regen buff would affect scholar's eos too.
Also they should rework presence of mind. 1-3 minute cooldown: increase spell speed and half your mana costs for 10 seconds.
Spell speed buff would mean less competition for scholar on current gear.