When I first started this game in 2.1, I started the game and mained Scholar. It was my favorite job. Even during times when I wasn't using it to raid, I still considered it my main job. However, in the middle of Shadowbringers, I had (mostly) quit Scholar, opting instead for Astrologian due to the minor grievances I had about the job come to an annoying head. I did play it on-and-off during the Eden's Promise tier, but I still found myself preferring how Astrologian played during that time.

Since the transition to Endwalker, I have exclusively played Sage. having not leveled any of the other healers in protest. Yes, before you come in here and tell me that Scholar is "fine", many of the minor grievances are still there that turned me off of the job. However, with some of White Mage's major problems addressed, maybe some of Scholar's problems can be, too. Anyway, here my list of things I want to see change:

1) Dissipation needs to go. My lord, the fact that this thing has been around for 4 expansions and the only thing it got to improve it was the resummoning of the fairy is absolutely insane. This skill has been the absolute anthesis to what Scholar is since it's inception. I don't want this skill. I don't want to see this skill. This skill should have never existed. Fey's Union and Seraph can each move a capstone down (it will allow it to be slightly better aligned with Sage's lv60 and lv70 kits), and 80 can get something new in its place. My desire is Fairies/Seraph get replaced with Titania/Innocence (It would mostly be glamour, but they also have an extra damaging attack that's basically Shadow Flare as another attack for Scholar to use during their burst window).

2) Energy Drain. Right now, Energy Drain, as it exists, discourages Scholar from actually using its kit to heal. However, Energy Drain needs to exist or else Scholar doesn't function properly. So, my proposition is to make Energy Drain a GCD skill that always remains equal in potency to Ruin/Broils as they get stronger. This still allows Energy Drain to be the stack dump it needs to be, but, since there is no DPS loss from using Aetherflow to heal, Scholar is more encouraged to use the healing parts of their kit. This also still allows for skill expression as this still encourages good stack planning and usage to maintain uptime while not being left dry. Preferably, if this change were to happen, I would like to see Ruin II go as Ruin II isn't really a Scholar spell.

While there are still some things I would like to see, these are the two major things that keep me away from Scholar.