Quote Originally Posted by Dextro View Post
It's a lot more complicated than that, because most suggested buffs to SMN (Aetherflow, MP Costs, Potency increase, cross-class Thunder, Energy Drain buff etc.) would all affect SCH too.

SCH's DPS is already very potent within endgame, all the while handling their healing duties and being able to take care of additional mechanics such as T12 Bluefire.
Buffing any of the above-mentioned things would be tipping the scales of healer balance further and further in SCH's favour.
This isn't an issue now since healer choice isn't as competitive as DPS (2 healer roles, 2 healer raid slots), but consider when Astrologian is released, it'll be more competing for WHMs spot... not SCH's. They have to be really careful with how they handle changes so that they only buff SMN alone, and this pretty much limits the possible choices to things such as pet potency/attack speed or Enkindle/Fester changes.
That is true the only thing SE can change without buffing the Summoner is pet potency/attack speed or Enkindle/Fester. But none of these options are desirable because Summoner's will out class every other dps.