I would like to see Classes treated as proper, separate "Jobs"

[Eloah]

It was more about balancing and other issues like attribute points coming off of the fact that they share a base class.

Certain skill balances I get, but attribute points arent an issue really, since they dont do much. Honestly they are just a fake attempt at customization.

If anything I'd consider SCH a success and SMN a failure.

While Scholar might be more of a success than Summoner, Summoner is far from a failure. Does it have flaws yes, but the only reason it's deemed a "failure" by the player base is because everyone wanted a "traditional" Summoner, which doesn't exist. (Please no debate talk). By that same logic, if XIVs is a failure in design but a success in execution, than XIs was a success in design and a failure in execution.