Thread: Scholar 5.0 Discussion

Originally Posted by Mesarthim

Having to hit aetherflow before combat ends just to get stacks is incredibly awkward, oh and the forced lustrates if I want more gauge to pop aetherflow without leaving any.

These two things are going to be bothering me quite a bit.

The only good thing about this particular issue is that the solution is fairly obvious and realistic to hope/push for over the course of the patch cycle. Restoring Energy Drain (or adding in a similar skill) and allowing Aetherflow to be used out of combat (I have no clue why one can't right now) are both things that are realistic to implement since they don't require massive reworkings of classes or mechanics.

I agree with above, i find that i have aetherflow stacks that I don't need. And honestly swapping Miasma 2 with Art of War animation would be for the best. I'd prefer if it still had it's dot, but I have a feeling they won't keep it. The true dream is to have energy drain back + miasma 2 + make art of war a little bit less mana + slight eos buff and I think it would be better.

Originally Posted by Leoncault

I agree with above, i find that i have aetherflow stacks that I don't need. And honestly swapping Miasma 2 with Art of War animation would be for the best. I'd prefer if it still had it's dot, but I have a feeling they won't keep it. The true dream is to have energy drain back + miasma 2 + make art of war a little bit less mana + slight eos buff and I think it would be better.

That would be a good idea. Atleast if they want to streamline, give every healer a castable AoE or Single DoT like Aero 3 or Miasma. And please fix AoW. My brother is so angry about that skill he even uses it as a meme. It doesn't fit any looks horrible.
My brother was testing SCH today in DRs and after 1 Alliance Raid and DG he almost felt like stopping because it was just terrible. He was bored, he dmged over 90% of the time and did nothing else. The fairy was gone unnoticed and he even said that it doesn't matter anymore if she is there. After that he tested AST and WHM and they felt better. SCH is so horrible that he even thinks about hiding the job icon because he can't see SCH atm.
SCH was so killed by SE. SE seems to not know why SCH players play it. It's the fun of being able to DPS, manage DoTs, manage the fairy and be a tactician in the fight. What is SCH now? Nothing, nothing of it. You do nothing. I can understand people who do not lvl as SCH or even log off until changes come. Because how can you enjoy the MSQ with a job you loved which is pruned to death?

What was SE thinking btw about "balancing" and not bringing a 4th heal instead? This is balancing?? This is killing the jobs and the lore.
If they don't reverse a lot of changes, for example make the fairy a pet again and not this heal turret, DPS kit and AoW visual gone please and make it a DoT like Miasma 2, then I really don't know what will happen, maybe Healer in Need will be throughout ShB and there will be no SCHs there.

My fairy is bugging out on lost of boss fights. We'll hit the next pack and she's just gone. Don't know why.

Also, not being able to select her sucks.

Seriously miss Energy Drain. Have had stacks at aetherflow CD so many times.

Finally, not being able to use embrace as I want to REALLY sucks. If they want her to auto cast, fine, then FIX HER DAMN AI.

Originally Posted by Deceptus

My fairy is bugging out on lost of boss fights. We'll hit the next pack and she's just gone. Don't know why.

Also, not being able to select her sucks.

Seriously miss Energy Drain. Have had stacks at aetherflow CD so many times.

Finally, not being able to use embrace as I want to REALLY sucks. If they want her to auto cast, fine, then FIX HER DAMN AI.

Have you encountered an issue where you push Whispering Dawn and the ability goes on cooldown but the fairy never actually casts it? I swear this happened to me once in overworld content but I've largely been leveling as SMN so haven't tried to duplicate.

Originally Posted by loreleidiangelo

Have you encountered an issue where you push Whispering Dawn and the ability goes on cooldown but the fairy never actually casts it? I swear this happened to me once in overworld content but I've largely been leveling as SMN so haven't tried to duplicate.

It happened to me twice i was in a FATE with an AST and my regen aoe has never been activated but the cooldown has been used. So i thought the AST regen aoe was better than mine and had erased the fairy's one, i don't know, both aoe regen can stack or not?

I really want them to take the flashing away from Aetherflow. It's just bright and saturated enough to make my head pound.

This is the least fun I had playing scholar since I started playing the game. I'm thankful that you level SMN alongside with SCH so I can abuse the short dungeon queues and switch to summoner at 80 until they do something. I've played on and off since ARR and loved SCH until today. The first thing I had to do when I logged in was remove half the spells from my hotbar to replace them with almost nothing. Not only has the job gotten more boring than ever thanks to taking skills away, it also feels incredibly clunky to play without having a proper way to dump aetherflow stacks into something useful.

If WHM was really that bad that SE decided to butcher 2 other jobs for it then why didn't they simply give WHM some raid DPS that's on par with the others? Why do SCH and AST have to suffer instead of making the game more fun for everyone?