Stat Points by Job (SCH/SMN Primary Example)

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It's the class that get stat points. whatever you put on class, carries over to both jobs. you wont get points/job.
the entire point of dividing SCH/SMN, was to make you pick ONE job....with an option to swap...for a cost. Lowering that cost to 1000 seals, would be ridiculous, and make the entire point of using hymn to swap, moot.
just stick to either smn OR sch, or split it 50/50, or go all INT. SCH needs crit, more than mnd; sch is damage mitigation rather than cure-bomb. If you crit-heal 1500 with adloq, target gets 3000HP shield also. So loosing 30mnd isn't a big deal. But that's just if you're planning to play both SCH and SMN, equally. Better to just stick to one, and let the other one be *slightly gimped* it will still be very much viable.

Do BLM and WHM share attribute points? Oh "but you levelz 2 jobs by just levelling one claz", I don't care, if I have to level SCH and SMN separate I will, but I can't see WHY I can't play both at full potential. We are talking about a healer and a DPS role, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. It's as if you tell me now that if you play PLD you can't play BRD because they share attribute points because...how was it again? "the game needs some aspect of player choice".

it's not the same thing...
Aracanist has both heal skills, and damage skills. you branch ACN into either SCH focusing on heals, OR SMN focusing on DPS.
You can't compare BRD to PLD...they have different base classes. If you want to tank, you switch the class, if you want ranged DD with bard, you need to change class.
With SCH/SMN you're the same class, so you get your stat points from the class.