Quote Originally Posted by Sanguisio View Post
Problem with most of you forum crawlers is that you can't get off the bandwagon, and almost laughable that half of you think because players you've encountered suck, that's a fair representation of a class. Anywho said my side. Have fun
The problem with two Scholars is that an important part of their utility doesn't stack, and they lack the ability compensate for each other's weaknesses. Galvanize effect is an amazing ability, but there's going to be a lot of waste of this ability with a second Scholar because there's no stacking of the effect. Also, the Scholar's weakness is AoE healing. A White Mage partner more than covers for this, but there's not much another Scholar can do. And the non-stacking effect of galvanize means the weaker Scholar AoE is even weaker when paired with another Scholar because you're only getting an effective 1.5 Succor when both Scholars cast it. Even a Rouse+Fey Illumination+Fey Light isn't as much help, because it can only be cast once a minute at that strength by each Scholar.

It's not that two Scholar parties are not viable, it's that they aren't able to achieve their full potential when paired even when played by two competent players. Certain fights, especially AoE heavy ones like Titan can make it unnecessarily harder by bringing two Scholars. Two White Mages can overcome their weaknesses by simply healing through them since all of their abilities stack. A White Mage and a Scholar together are the best, simply because they completely complement eachother by accounting for each other's weaknesses while taking full advantage of their strengths.