I'm excited for sch. Just because its dps rotation was simplified doesn't mean that sch's identity as the shield/ogcd healer was stripped away.

It still has (a buffed mind you) Ruin II, and with the current iteration of the numbers, it actually has the strongest spam aoe skill (whm does technically have the better aoe damage due to Assize/Afflatus Misery, but other then the stun Holy is weaker then Art of War) which grants them even more weaving space. It has really good tools for weaving said ogcds.

The loss of energy drain does somewhat suck yeah, but with Quickened Aetherflow no longer being a thing, and the buff to sacred soil making it a nigh on demand collective unconscious, it's no where near the doom and gloom most people make it out to be.

Also Broil III looks stunning. Just like in Stormblood I think scholar got the coolest looking spam nuke of the three, so if that's gonna end up being the spell I spam the most, then I'm cool with it.