WHM or SCH for you..?

[Lemuria]

I see the point, but I don't agree that DPSing as WHM takes more skill. The principle remains the same; it's just that SCH are able to DPS more often and more consistently due to how their mechanics work. Neither way of doing it is particularly challenging or particularly lazy. It's what the player makes of it.

With Eos shouldering the burden of heals while you DPS, there's no major risk involved as a Scholar. White Mage, on the other hand, needs to swap back out to be effective so there's a lot of extra work involved in keeping the party alive while still being able to attack.

The real point is that a scholar's pet covers up any shortcomings that the scholar might have in terms of skill, simply because it's autonomous. You don't need to manually tell Eos to cure the tank, as she'll do so automatically. You can tell her, and good scholar's will macro it in, but it's not needed, and that's really my point. You notice a bad white mage a lot more than you'll notice a bad scholar.