Scholars...why....

[Cluebilly]

This is great info. I was a bit worried When I became a Scholar (Earlier today actually) since all I had was Physick,but thank god for that Selena the fairy and her great healing. The only thing I'm really dreading is probably getting Swiftcast,since from what I hear Swiftcast is this amazingly essential thing for Scholar (Which annoys me as I haven't even touched THM at all and I shudder to think on having to grind it all the way up to 26)

[Maku]

I healed fine from the moment I got SCH. Roll with Eos for boss battles and it isn't anything to worry about. Even the poison from Broyfax was easy enough to spam cure though.

[Shiyo]

Under no circumstances set foot on Lv47 Aurum Vale with either ACN/SMN/SCH unless SE patch it up.

I finished aurum vale perfectly fine with a warrior tank on my scholar. I've mainhealed every single dungeon in the game.

[BrodyAlgana]

I will never understand why you would want scholar to be just like white mage, which is basically what you are asking for. White Mage will always be the main healers in Final Fantasy games - with the most powerful stuff. This is the first time anyone even gives us a run for our money (and scholar does do that - they are very good healers). But there are nice things that scholar has that white mage does't ... namely shields which is basically reactive healing.

[Nymphidel]

Totally agree on this. I'd like to be able to save Whispering Dawn for you know...when I ACTUALLY need it lol. As soon as you make her cast Embrace she goes right back to doing whatever she wants.

Also giving commands while casting, that would be great :P Other than that, I've been really happy with SCH so far!

Have you tried putting her(your pet) on "Obey"? She will only cast her spammable ability and you can choose when she uses her special abilities. You will have to recast Obey when you zone or log in/out but seems to work for me on the carbuncles as I level with a melee dps partner and can't stand when the emerald uses his/her/it's knockback skill. I haven't gotten high enough on my rerolled character to try it on the fairies or egis but I would hope/think "Obey" would work in the same manner for the job pets.