What is the next logical step forward for SCH

[rawker]

A soft retool is what the job the needs. It has way too many direct healing cooldowns. Adlo, Succor, Lustrate, Indom, Excog, Embrace, and Whispering Dawn are more than enough.
1. oGCDs should revolve around modifying barrier properties, other than Emergency Tactics, i.e abilities that does additional effects when the target has a Galvanize/Catalyze active.
2. Sacred Soil is enough mitigation. They can merge the effect of Fey Illumination's 5% magic mitigation with Sacred Soil, in favor of removing the regen effect, then drop Fey Illumination.
3. They can merge Whispering Dawn and Fey Blessing to act like Medica 2.
4. Since a huge chunk of SCH's direct healing comes from Aetherflow, remove Physick.
5. Change Dissipation's +20% healing spell potency to -0.5s cast time to Adlo and Succor and temporarily reducing its MP cost from 1000 to 800.
6. Change barrier application mechanics to not rely on healing done but instead have a set barrier potency to open up for the possibility of even more oGCDs that modify said barrier.
7. I know I am a broken record for saying this but Rouse can literally replace Seraph and Aetherpact.
8. Incorporate RTS-like mechanics when controlling pet movement
9. Pet HP and Sustain
10. Increase pet movement speed.

Those will free a number of slots which make room for more offensive GCDs like Shadowflare, pet modifiers, and more GCD-modifying abilities.

Edit.. as a matter of fact, bringing back Cleric Stance to SCH, in the form of FFXI's Addenda (Addendum: Black buffs offensive potencies while Addendum: White buffs healing potencies) is another feasible route.