Quote Originally Posted by Sylvina View Post
Theres really nothing wrong with the way Arcanist can turn into a healer class since it can ALSO turn into a DPS class, so people have a choice to switch to healer or remain dps. it also won't matter after level 30 anyway.

What needs to be fixed is summoner balance.
Please actually read what is written. We're talking about the possibility of separating the Summoner and Scholar from each other, so there would be NO link. That means an Arcanist would turn ONLY into a healer...And that's what they are proposing here, while I say THAT is ridiculous.

And there is a problem with Arcanist turning into a healer, ESPECIALLY now. This very topic is largely caused by that. If there was no Scholar, Summoners in Stormblood would be far less messed up. That's because Arcanists would be made with only DPS in mind, thus they could be balanced easier. As it is now, you cannot give them too much DPS or Scholar will end up as a DPS class in the healers role. If you give them healers-level of DPS though, then we have Summoner that is a DPS with below-DPS...well...damage. Meaning that to get up to par with others, their Summoner-only skills, of which there is a limited amount, need to be noticeably stronger. But that makes other issues, as these skills would overshadow pre-Summoner skills. Not to mention, there is less space for utility abilities to go around.

Result?! We have a DPS that lacks tools he should have, only because his foundations are shared with a different class role.

Mind you, this is not the only reason for why Summoners have problems. But it IS part of the problem. I'm almost certain that Bane was nerfed so heavily for that very reason, for example. It just can't work when DPS and healers require different tools.