"There wasn't much we could really do with SCH"

[Rilifane]

I keep hearing this, but I don't understand.
Can you explain to me where this notion is coming from?

I understand why so many people can already be claiming one class is better when
-- we know so, so little about SCH's kit
-- we have little to no idea what the potentcies on Sages revealed abilities will actually mean in the new expac (especially because of the stat squish also causing a potency rework to jive with the new backend math).

It feels like I've missed something everyone else knows about.
How/why is everyone saying Sage is "straight up better?"

Sage got something they took away from SCH and while their toolkits are fairly similiar both in function and potency, Sage has none of the issues SCH has like fairy skills ghosting/ triggering very late or skills locking you out of part of your toolkit like Seraph/ Dissipation. In addition to that, all their AF-like skills recover 5% MP and heal the Cardia target while SCH suffers from worse MP economy the more AF they have to use for healing.
Unless they fundamentally changed some things on SCH right after stating that there wasn't much they could do with this class and buffed a couple of skills without stating it (unlikely), Sage looks superior to what we currently know about SCH.
And if potencies behave differently after stat squish, it will affect all classes equally, not just Sage. We currently have 3 healers with almost identical potencies on their almost identical skills - how likely is it that Sage will suddenly be the only healer with lower potencies while all the other healers get theirs adjusted?

All in all, it's not looking good for SCH.

[ty_taurus]

Sage got something they took away from SCH and while their toolkits are fairly similiar both in function and potency, Sage has none of the issues SCH has like fairy skills ghosting/ triggering very late or skills locking you out of part of your toolkit like Seraph/ Dissipation. In addition to that, all their AF-like skills recover 5% MP and heal the Cardia target while SCH suffers from worse MP economy the more AF they have to use for healing.
Unless they fundamentally changed some things on SCH right after stating that there wasn't much they could do with this class and buffed a couple of skills without stating it (unlikely), Sage looks superior to what we currently know about SCH.
And if potencies behave differently after stat squish, it will affect all classes equally, not just Sage. We currently have 3 healers with almost identical potencies on their almost identical skills - how likely is it that Sage will suddenly be the only healer with lower potencies while all the other healers get theirs adjusted?

All in all, it's not looking good for SCH.

I'm not particularly worried about SCH's performance when it comes to numbers. Thinks like MP economy, potencies, and such are things that I would assume are being streamlined for SCH that just hasn't been brought up because that doesn't really change anything about how the SCH plays right. I have a sneaking suspicion that SCH will end up still having very powerful potencies on things like sacred soil and remain a top-tier healer. The real issue people have is that the job feels like a hollow husk of what it used to be. Its identity was gutted, and it never really received anything as compensation.