Can scholar get a spell or trait called Scan?

[Altijacek]

I feel like this would go a long way since this is the traditional scholar ability...don't believe me? FfIII, scholars first appeared with the ability peep/scan their main purpose was allowing you to know enemy weaknesses.

I feel like if they cast the spell scan, maybe it can Debuff the enemy so that allies can know its weakness and hit more often for critical hits or some such thing. It can cost an aetherflow stack. It can also be used to lower enemy damage or some such thing.

Alternatively, a trait called scan which simply increases crit chance or whatever could work.

I know some here will argue that scan belongs to blue Mage. You aren't wrong! In fact this skill might work better with them if they ever enter the world of FFXIV. It just belonged to scholar first

[OranKells]

But what would it scan?

Elemental weakness?
Psychical/magical damage resistance?

Is there even anything in this game to be weak to?

[Lexia]

Scan wouldn't work in this game cause there nothing to be weak too, like in past FFs "this mob is weak to fire" doesn't exist in XIV.

[kyuven]

If they added it, it would just be a blanket debuff akin to Trick Attack.
Weaknesses aren't really a thing in this game since Yoshi-P doesn't want a specific class to have an overt advantage or disadvantage in a given fight, unless you're talking mechanics (t11 for black mages...ugh)

[Natsuno]

Actually, I think it would make a good machinist skill, seeing as past FF titles have had a 'tech' feel to the ability.

Could make it a debuff similar to trick attack from NIN or decrease piercing resist like DRG have.

[Nalien]

Scan: Determines enemies weakness.

Aim: Allows targets attacks to exploit enemies weakness for X seconds.

Alternatively go for more of a combo system with Scholars healing aspects;

Scan: Determines enemies elemental alignment, next Adloquium/Succor/Sacred Soil is enhanced with increased resistance to that element.

Perhaps a combination of the two, giving Scan to Machinist like Natsuno suggests and let Aim do different things for different Jobs. For Scholar it boosts elemental resistance. For Black Mage it boosts elemental potency. etc. etc.

[Natsuno]

Scan: Determines enemies elemental alignment, next Adloquium/Succor/Sacred Soil is enhanced with increased resistance to that element.

I like this idea. Plus the name for 'Machinist Scan' isn't important. It could be Aim, Lock-On, etc. I'm sure there's other usable names too.

[Skeith-Adeline]

If they added it, it would just be a blanket debuff akin to Trick Attack.
Weaknesses aren't really a thing in this game since Yoshi-P doesn't want a specific class to have an overt advantage or disadvantage in a given fight, unless you're talking mechanics (t11 for black mages...ugh)

There is nothing wrong wtih BLMs in T11 at all.

But yea, what could Scan possibly do?

[Govalon]

We could scan their HP. It would be fun to know how much HP each boss has

[Cabalabob]

Even just more detailed information would be interesting, like showing the monster's hp in numbers rather than just a bar. Displaying their immunities and current status resistance level (so you can tell when it's resistance to something has reset). Maybe if they wanted to go in depth with it, add a bestiary and make it so when you scan a monster it gets added to the list with all the moves it uses with a description of what they do, similar to our own actions.
E.G. Scan Titan (hard):
Hp: ?????/?????
Abilities:
Landslide- Line AoE dealing ??? Potency damage, additional effect: knockback.
Etc.