Quote Originally Posted by Osmond View Post
I just view SCH from ARR to now. Ppl complained that it’s DoTs getting weaker each expansion, yet somehow become a stronger job un-ironically. Some ppl left, more joined. I don’t try to expect things to stay the same, nor that I want to. I just ended up playing it and understand the why. Then realized that past abilities wouldn’t work by the current game design.
SCH has become a stronger job in spite of the pruning of its DPS kit because it’s the only healer that actually plays the way square designs modern fights so it ends up a powerhouse in spite of square continued attempts to strip it of every piece of flavour it has

Square just doesn’t seem to understand that a healer can basically be ranked on its usefulness by its mitigation, the more mitigation the better and SCH gets unique access to critlo for mechanic cheesing, it’s just so unbelievably strong on that front but it’s always been like that

SCH’s old DOT abilities would work fine (given shadowflare has 2 abilities right now that exist in the game), fey wind, sustain and a few pet buffs wouldn’t but its downtime DPS kit is totally workable in modern 14 even if instead of 5 dots it has maybe only 3