Quote Originally Posted by Scootaloo View Post
What skill does the white Mage have that makes it stand out next to the Scholar in an 8man party?
Even though lots of people have already answered this question, I will too as someone who actually mains a healer in SCoB.


The answer is AoE healing. Succor is TERRIBLE for patching up full parties quickly. Spamming it would only deplete mp very fast. Also while 2 SCH could heal party damage very decently with succor, half the power of succor would effectively be wasted.

SCH, on the other hand, have amazing single target healing and damage mitigation abilities. We can bring back a near dead tank and keep him up in health FAR more effectively than a WHM can. We can also prevent damage in general from being too overwhelming for the party to heal up. While, yes, it does mean it's easier for SCHs to patch up party damage using our weak (compared to WHM) AoE healing, one thing that shouldn't be forgotten is that SCH mitigation isn't stackable at all with itself. SE designed the classes to work TOGETHER to keep the party alive and the way each of these classes does so is VERY different.

Whenever I switch to WHM to play, I have to think about healing in a very different way. As SCH, I have to constantly think about damage that is incoming that I can/ should be mitigating. (Adlo, virus, E4E before big damage) I have to manage my CDs to ensure that I have my mitigation up at the right times. Pet management is also a HUGE aspect of playing SCH at end game. The best SCHs control EVERY SINGLE ACTION that their fairies do. Further more, I can spam heals almost endlessly and never have to worry about MP/ aggro.

WHM spend most of their time REACTING to damage that has already been dealt. Their most effective damage mitigation skill is Stoneskin and it has a long cast time and eats up a TON of MP. Instead of managing CDs like SCHs do, WHMs have aggro and MP management. WHMs, without really trying hard, can rip aggro off a tank if they're not careful. The cost of being able to patch up AoE damage is that these skills use up a lot of MP. Most of the time in dungeons, it's the WHMs crying for Mage's ballad.

TL;DR: To equate the play styles of WHM and SCH is EXTREMELY foolish. It shows how little you know of actually playing the classes. If you spend 5 minutes just comparing the skill sets of each class side by side, you'd quickly realize that there's nothing alike between them.