[DEV Question] Can we split it?

[Enkidoh]

I agree, ACN and it's two Jobs is such an orphan in the game that needs addressing (SCH being the 'odd' Job fit for the class, as ACN was a DPS like SMN is, and even the development team seem to regard SMN as ACN's 'true' Job - if you select ACN at character creation and switch the character's displayed gear to 'Job' it will only show SMN AF not SCH). Personally I would like to see it given to a new base class (a possible candidate could be 'Mediator' from FF Tactics)... but given the way the game has been developing with the classless 'Extra Jobs' I think that ship has long since sailed.

The whole Armoury System as a whole needs to be examined closely by the development team and a decision made on exactly what they want to do with it, as it's long since lost consistency with all this tinkering and experimentation with new systems that don't end up working as well as they should (again personally I'd prefer it if they reverted back to the 'one base class and one Job upgrade on that class', give SCH to a new base class and add base classes to DRK, AST and MCH, as well as RDM and SAM when they're introduced... but alas I don't think that will ever happen).

[JunseiKei]

Personally I would like to see it given to a new base class

It doesn't need a base class, just a stand-alone job unlocked at level 30. IE: DRK, AST, MCH and the upcoming RDM and SAM.

If they were to make a new base class for it, I'd personally rather they gave this new scholar its own skills not shared with arcanist and summoner to solidify its split and ease for balancing purposes.

Right now, one of the biggest glaring flaws with scholar that I see and feel is the difference between having accuracy or not, even if you were a scholar that only healed (a cardinal sin, if you ask most players). Simply because of Energy Drain. It's a great MP replenishment tool for scholar and..... not really used by summoner sans their opener (one of them), but requires accuracy to consistently hit it.