Thread: Consolidated Scholar 4.0 Feedback Thread

3.X SCH was at an almost perfect standpoint, with very few flaws but also not being ridiculously OP.

SCH now can't even handle themselves in terms of healing, and their faeries can't properly assist with keeping the party alive. Back in 3.X, SCH could easily manage an entire 8-man party, now they can't. While we did get one of the buffs we were asking for (Earlier access to a status defect healer), we lost nearly our entire kit.

My suggestion will be broken up into a few posts because of character limit:

ARC / SCH

Aetherflow
Return it to 20% MP restoration.

The reason why I say that is because Scholar's kit heavily relied on constantly pumping out Galvanize while placing your DoTs on enemies to help the party out. Thanks to this nerf, Scholar now faces the issue of almost never having MP, even when they solely focus on healing.

Originally Posted by Flannel

3.X SCH was at an almost perfect standpoint, with very few flaws but also not being ridiculously OP.

SCH was op since 2.X, basically inception. The only reason it didn't feel OP is because it had been for two entire expansions. This is actually the first time SCH was removed from its godly and mandatory prestige pedestal.

Originally Posted by Thunda_Cat_SMASH

SCH was op since 2.X, basically inception. The only reason it didn't feel OP is because it had been for two entire expansions. This is actually the first time SCH was removed from its godly and mandatory prestige pedestal.

SCH was never OP. Cleric Stance was just designed in such a way that the fairy was the best source of healing while in it. SCH has always had lower HPS. Now that Cleric Stance is effectively gone, the flexibility and strength of DPSing and Healing has now been given to everyone else and now it's become very obvious that SCH is, in fact, the weakest raw healer.

Originally Posted by Rubiss

it's become very obvious that SCH is, in fact, the weakest raw healer.

Except it's only obvious now because they were significantly and drastically nerfed in many ways, including their effective healing efficiency. Like I said, they've literally just been brought down to normal.

Originally Posted by Thunda_Cat_SMASH

Except it's only obvious now because they were significantly and drastically nerfed in many ways, including their effective healing efficiency. Like I said, they've literally just been brought down to normal.

Their healing never needed nerfs. They were never OP in this regard. They were only good because they had solid sustain heals with DoTs. This allowed them to achieve higher DPS because they could afford more time to do so. Coupled with the themepark ride that was Creator Savage, and there you go. Eos can solo heal 30% of the fight. What made SCH "OP" was never their raw healing, it was the sustained nature of it which is no longer something they dominate. Everyone can heal and DPS very easily now without having to waste GCDs dancing in Cleric Stance. It's because of Cleric Stance's changes that SCH is actually weak right now.

Bio I & II
De-streamline the Bio chain.

Back in 3.X, SCH commonly used Bio I, II, Miasma I, and Aero from WHM in order to provide DPS support for the party.

Aldoquin
Decrease the MP cost.

Aldoquin was perfectly fine how it was back in 3.X.

Succor
Decrease MP cost, change heal potency from 150 to 250.

Succor is basically useless, and it was useless even back in 3.X, because it was a pitiful heal that lead to a pitiful Galvanize regardless of it being a critical heal or not.

Sustain
Bring Sustain back.

It makes it easier to keep the summons alive without wasting SCH or other healers' time on them.