Quote Originally Posted by IceSpear View Post
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Fine, I'll turn on the helpdesk mentality and assume your brain is in a glass jar on top of your desk.

For starters: This is mainly about endgame content. The more casual content (Crystal-/syrcus tower, dungeons etc.) aren't even worth mentioning or elaborating.

You mentioned two regens? I gave you numbers for one regen. One regen heals for 470-480 on average, 650-670 with Divine Seal. Which means that TWO regens will heal for 940-960 on average and 1300-1340 hp every three seconds. Still with me? Excellent. A scholar worth their salt has full control over their fairy and uses embrace manually. Scholars letting the fairy sit on /sic - or even worse: /obey and not do anything with it - might as well play White Mage instead of Scholar. Just like how Regen overheals every 3 seconds because the target's HP is full, so can a fairy overheal every 3 seconds with Embrace. But if you don't feel like having the fairy pre-cast it's embraces, your decision I guess.
Stoneskinning mid-battle has it's uses to prepare the tank (or anyone else for that matter) for big hits. Just like how a scholar worth their salt casts adloquium on the tank before the big hit comes in.

Just like how two scholars are a terrible combination, the same applies for two white mages. I'll give you some homework here and figure it out yourself why two white mages is a sub-optimal combination - just like how two scholars are sub-optimal. I'll give you a hint: Two white mages combo has a far worse MP efficiency than two scholars. But do make sense, rather than something that is "according to you".