New player asking some questions.

[Tex_Mex]

As said above, AV really steps up the difficulty on parties. Many, MANY DPS and tanks take unnecessary damage from the coincounter. And he hits like a truck, as well as adding some nasty paralyze effects if you get hit.

Don't sweat it. SCH takes a bit more effort to be really good at in high level content than WHM does. And good players will help you to learn, not rag on you because they think you are not very good.

[sirlombax]

A bunch of people have answered most of your questions, but I figured I’d chime in on scholar tips. Typically, you’ll find that tips are only helpful for specific fights. But there are some things I can recommend.
1. You are not a White Mage. People will say you have weak heals. People will tell you to do what White Mages do. You are not one! You are a mitigation healer.
2. Shields are your friend. Adlos that crit will keep you from having to heal. But be careful about using too many Adlos or Succors. We have great mana regen, but these skills drain your mana.
3. Use fairy macros as little as possible. The better you get at controlling her manually the better healer you are. If you use macros keep them simple. The more complex the macro the more likely it is to fail
4. Know which fairy to use for which situation.
5. Manage your Aetherflow properly and you will never have mana issues.

[PetiteMalFleur]

You are getting great tips here. You already seem to have a good grasp of your class. I want too add in the fairy range for embrace is shorter than the tool tip says so if it feels like you are falling behind look to see if your fairy is in range or just sitting doing nothing.

Your fairy will be heal much more efficiently when placed. She will stop casting to move if she is left on follow. She constantly adjusts herself to remain at a specific spot behind your shoulder so even when you are standing still she continues to move as you rotate your char.

Most dungeons you don't need to worry about placing her but try to get used to doing it for boss fights anyway as it is a very bad habit to break once you start raiding.

[sirlombax]

Oh another thing I forgot to mention. A lot of scholars like to combine Rouse+Fey Illumination+ Whispering Dawn. But honestly in all but the most dire situations this is completely unnecessary. Fey has twice the cooldown of both Rouse and WD so if you rely on chaining the three you will end up losing total healing power. A rouse whispering dawn combo will be effective in 9/10 situations so its best to use those in combination because they have the same cooldown of 60 seconds. If shit hits the fan you want to make sure you have Fey Illumination off cooldown so you can heal your party. If you burn it every time its up to improve Rouse whispering dawn then you could really burn yourself if you need it in the next two minutes while you wait on its cooldown.