Wow! I've Been Healing All Wrong As Scholar.

[Kacho_Nacho]

After reading some remarks on this forum, I decided to do some research and found this guide, Indomitable: A Thorough Guide To Scholar.

It's very helpful and I thought I'd share it to other healers to help them be better scholars.

[Raikai]

I learned just recently that Fey Blessing healing buff doesn't work for Aetherflow abilities.

I believe in that, however, I'm still looking through the tooltips where this is explained.

[Absurdity]

I learned just recently that Fey Blessing healing buff doesn't work for Aetherflow abilities.

I believe in that, however, I'm still looking through the tooltips where this is explained.

It's right there in the description, unfortunately the game is just incredibly cryptic.
"Increases healing magic potency of all nearby party members by 10%"
Only GCD healing is considered healing magic, warrior's Thrill of Battle for example has the effect: "Increases HP recovery via healing actions on self by 20%" which includes oGCDs.

[IDontPetLalas]

as cited in that link and for questions for current SCH and certainly in future The Balance discord is a great resource

[Kacho_Nacho]

For me, the biggest revelation was I was using Adloquium way too much and Energy Drain way too little.

It seemed self evident the shield healer should, you know, keep up shields on the party proactively as much as possible. And why would I use my precious aetherflow stacks on a 100 potency Energy Drain when I needed those stacks for Sacred Soil and my "Oh Shite!" buttons?

Boy, was I wrong. ((At least, that what more experienced scholars say)).

The truth was I was burning thru my MP for a mediocre heal most of the time and ignoring a damage spell which could be weaved in my damage rotation while giving me back health and MP.

Currently, I'm slowly unlearning my bad habits.

[Raikai]

It's right there in the description, unfortunately the game is just incredibly cryptic.
"Increases healing magic potency of all nearby party members by 10%"
Only GCD healing is considered healing magic, warrior's Thrill of Battle for example has the effect: "Increases HP recovery via healing actions on self by 20%" which includes oGCDs.

Ugh... that's terrible. The job is a healer, one assumes that everything in the kit is "magic". If they reworded it like "increase healing of spells for all nearby..." it would be more intuitive, because the job actions are either "spells" or "abilities" - I would have a better reference to assume the information. Or they could simply add a * in the end of the tooltip making clear that it doesn't work for abilities.

[Kacho_Nacho]

Ugh... that's terrible. The job is a healer, one assumes that everything in the kit is "magic". If they reworded it like "increase healing of spells for all nearby..." it would be more intuitive, because the job actions are either "spells" or "abilities" - I would have a better reference to assume the information. Or they could simply add a * in the end of the tooltip making clear that it doesn't work for abilities.

Don't worry, Raikai. Most beginning players make the same mistake, much to the annoyance of our more vocal forum posters.

[Liam_Harper]

Currently, I'm slowly unlearning my bad habits.

Being willing to learn is always a sign of good potential. I'm sure you'll do great with SCH, good luck

[NYCLouisGamer]

After reading some remarks on this forum, I decided to do some research and found this guide, Indomitable: A Thorough Guide To Scholar.

It's very helpful and I thought I'd share it to other healers to help them be better scholars.

Thank you for making this thread and sharing that info, Kacho! "Indomitable: A Thorough Guide To Scholar" looks excellent and I have already printed it out.

This explains why I was using Adlo as my primary heal and wondered why I was running out of mana! Of course, I was only Level 30 in the instance but still... I had seen so much trashing of Physick on the message boards that I assumed that I shouldn't use that skill in any situation.

[Kacho_Nacho]

Being willing to learn is always a sign of good potential. I'm sure you'll do great with SCH, good luck

Thank you! For all of its issues, I find Scholar to be the most engaging and satisfying job to play. I'm kind of dreading what changes Edgewalker will bring to Scholar. I don't want to fall out of love with my newest class!

Thank you for making this thread and sharing that info, Kacho! "Indomitable: A Thorough Guide To Scholar" looks excellent and I have already printed it out.

This explains why I was using Adlo as my primary heal and wondered why I was running out of mana! Of course, I was only Level 30 in the instance but still... I had seen so much trashing of Physick on the message boards that I assumed that I shouldn't use that skill in any situation.

You are welcome! I figured I couldn't be the only beginning Scholar in the game.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Healing synched content and level 70 stuff is totally different but it is good to be mindful and how you will be healing in current content. When I'm low level, I still rely on Adlo more than Physick and cast less damage spells.