I still think they should've just separated SMN from ACN and kept ACN to lead to SCH. Despite the gutting of SCH's DPS kit, the rest of old ACN is still (mostly) there. Aetherflow existing as a button to gain Aetherflow, Energy Drain existing as a stack dump, Bio, Bio II, Ruin II functioning like it used to on ACN and SMN, and even Seraph is just a flashier, jankier Rouse. Even SCH's lore deals with plagues and how the Scholars of Nym searched for cures, which lends well into SCH having had Miasma and still having Bio; and PVP Deployment Tactics functions like Bane with Bio. I'd personally like for SCH to get more of old ACN back like Miasma, Bane and Shadow Flare, and for them to move SMN further away from ACN. SMN still having Aetherflow and Ruin is incredibly lazy, in my opinion.

Separating ACN from SMN and tying it to SCH would've allowed them to have two healers for new players to start with as well, which is a change the game desperately needs IMO for how obtuse unlocking SCH is, having AST locked behind HW completion and SGE locked to having another job at level 70. With all that said though, I'd support anything that would bring a more traditional DoT based caster gameplay back to the game. It's not right that they've killed an entire playstyle across SCH, SMN, and even BRD with DoT management and there's nothing in the game like it anymore.