Healer Guide/Class Comparison

[Marcusow86]

Compare to White Mages, who will eat the entire enmity themselves. It is true that Embrace generates enmity, but so long as the enemies are not targeting you, they are not attacking you, which means you're not going to get interrupted with attacks.

The enmity that matters is the enmity that reaches the peak. Even if the total of your and your fairy's enmity is more than the enmity of a single White Mage, if yours (and/or your fairy's) are skidding the borders of out-hating the tank while the White Mage's are breaching the UI bar, you are in for an easier time

You need to watch your enmity if you are pulling too much shit that will go after you, that or your tank sucks. Nothing seems to point out that SCH is at fault here. Another thing you seems to 'forget' is that SCH's fairy need to be control. I need to split my attention to place her, watch out for her hp, etc. So when i am doing that, why can't you watch out for your enmity bar.

The assertion is that fairy micromanagement is one of the challenges in using Scholar. Having fairy on Auto removes that bit. It is true that in Manual your fairy will fare better , but if you do not need to do it, doing it won't give you bonus points

Another, SCH can be challenging....but if you look it this way, WHM is harder PoV. Not going to explain further, look at my previous post in this topic.

Yeah, it's not like Stone requires me to stand there and risk getting interrupted by attacks. I mean, sure it's direct damage, and if the cast is interrupted I don't get jack, but it's much easier than DoT where you don't even need to stand still for it to have effect, yeah? Also, Aero II is much much shorter, requiring me to cast it more frequently, increasing the frequency at which I'm a sitting duck.

Most WHM that are competent enough would not get hit when they try to DPS, if you want to contribute in DPS, know your limit, if you are BAD, you can always opt for healing only. No one forces you to do it. SCH's Dot need cast time to apply as well except for bio. I cannot see the establishment of your statement here.

For what it's worth, the difficulty of White Mage is not restrained to the number of buttons to press, but the pressure of MP management and other lesser stuff. When to use Cure, when to use Cure II, when to use Shroud, when to use Benediction, and also Enmity Generation.

All those adds up, especially because White Mage relies on three factors to succeed at MP management: Lady Luck where Freecure and Overcure procs, Mage's Ballad, and the WHM's own use of spells. The tactic you use today maybe overkill for tomorrow when Freecure procs a lot, or underpowered where Freecure doesn't even proc. Then there's that time when you overcured the tank and Dreadnought hugs you.

Let me rephrase your sentence to look like how a think-a-like SCH can write: For what it's worth, the difficulty of SCH is not restrained to the pressure of MP management, but the number of button to press and other lesser stuff. When to use physic, when to use adlo, when to use lustrate, when to use energy drain, and also where to place the fairy, what fairy to use.

All those adds up, especially because SCH relies on three factors to succeed at healing: Lady Luck where Adlo Crit, Good fairy placement, and the SCH's own use of spells. The tactic you use today maybe overkill for tomorrow when Adlo crit a lot, or underpowered where Adlo doesn't even crit. Then there's that time when you misplaced the fairy and she died.