Scholar quests are in dire need of a rework (and other job quests, too)

[NobleWinter]

NPCs in solo duties at least as far back as Stormblood count as party members and all actions that work on party members work on them.

I've leveled multiple Scholar Alts in EndWalker and I have never seen Eos heal an NPC in a job quest. Spells like Succor also miss Alka Zolka and the like. I can only single target heal NPC's so to me it seems like the game does not consider NPC's as party members unless they are specifically placed in the party list.

[Hello_there]

I definitely remember Succor and Whispering Dawn - ie the AoE stuff - working with NPCs. But no, the fairy won't Embrace Alka Zolka.

[rawker]

Can't remember all the SCH quests.. but was this for an ARR/HW specific job quest? If so, we're still able to place Embrace in our hotbars and force our pet to Embrace. We can even place it in a macro back then. Good times.

[Rongway]

I've leveled multiple Scholar Alts in EndWalker and I have never seen Eos heal an NPC in a job quest. Spells like Succor also miss Alka Zolka and the like. I can only single target heal NPC's so to me it seems like the game does not consider NPC's as party members unless they are specifically placed in the party list.

Eos won't Embrace an NPC but the NPCs are still party members for the purpose of AoE actions. A quick search of "ffxiv scholar quest stormblood battle" yields plenty of examples:

Whispering Dawn and Indomitability


Fey Wind


Succor

Endwalker duty NPCs are still party members for RDM and sage AoE actions, so I have no reason to believe SCH AoE actions function differently to ignore NPCs.