Scholars...why....

[xEscaflownex]

What are you talking about??? Scholar excels from the start. I can't speak for higher, as I just got it, however since you stated they are useless from the start, at lvl 30, you couldn't be further from the truth.

I leveled WHM first, still as boring as ever, so decided to try out scholar, way easier, between the pet and mp restore I end every boss fight at full MP, it's absurdly easy. The only thing I semi miss is esuna, but not for any damage over time lol, just not being able to remove stun, slow, etc.

Not sure what you are doing with yours, but I find SCH much more effective and fun.

[Mamba]

Why even que us as healers? we cant do much at level 30. its not until 40 that we can heal properly...all the dungeons have some strong dots that cannot be removed by anything other then a Conj/White mage....

Hmm, I am extremely surprised to see such post.
SCH is awesome healer even below 30... Hate control is so much better when you can do 1st cures with pixie.
You don't really need Esuna/Leeches until later on anyway.

Many WHMs I have seen just stand around waiting for tank to get hit. SCH casts DoTs on all mobs and while I am getting my Miasma off, my pixie is making sure the tank doesn't get too low while I am middle of the cast.

[Leigaon]

SCH is awesome healer even below 30... Hate control is so much better when you can do 1st cures with pixie.
You don't really need Esuna/Leeches until later on anyway.

This is what I was worried about as SCH and hearing how bad they were..but I took up the job and am into my 40's. So far I haven't had a major problem healing with exception of being new to an area and finding out the hard way not to do things. I was really worried when I was going to do the lv.32 dungeon without esuna. But I really did just fine making sure AoE regen was on and...just healing and winning. Maybe it gets worse at 50

[Krisstina]

This is what I was worried about as SCH and hearing how bad they were..but I took up the job and am into my 40's. So far I haven't had a major problem healing with exception of being new to an area and finding out the hard way not to do things. I was really worried when I was going to do the lv.32 dungeon without esuna. But I really did just fine making sure AoE regen was on and...just healing and winning. Maybe it gets worse at 50

It only get worse in certain dungeons that has mechanism to force fairy to die. SCH cant heal properly without fairy.
Other than that, SCH fine on everything...

[Mamba]

It only get worse in certain dungeons that has mechanism to force fairy to die. SCH cant heal properly without fairy.
Other than that, SCH fine on everything...

And PLD can't tank properly without a shield... *eyeroll*

Pixie makes sch better and allows cures when you are running away from area damage but if the pixie dies, sch can keep your party alive.
Plus swiftcast>summon gets pixie back in an instant.

[Krisstina]

And PLD can't tank properly without a shield... *eyeroll*

Pixie makes sch better and allows cures when you are running away from area damage but if the pixie dies, sch can keep your party alive.
Plus swiftcast>summon gets pixie back in an instant.

Alive but not for long~It's a MP issue~Thank SE for the shield buff DOES NOT renew design~

[Eldelphia]

There are points whilst levelling that it is harder to heal as a SCH than as a WHM but honestly I kinda feel that WHM is too easy. I really thought I'd be a career WHM as I loved it in XI but decided to check out SCH healing first. I'm not max level yet though so keep that in mind but so far, WHM healing is a snoozefest compared to SCH healing but I can see it will get more challenging later.

On SCH I have managed all dungeons etc so far but the level 35 ability really does help and I'm sure leeches will do even more.

I think if you want to be a career healer, having both SCH and WHM available will make you super flexible for 8 man content.

One thing I really find useful about SCH is that you can take a bit more damage and your pet takes care of you.

I think to get the most out of SCH you have to work a little harder but that's what makes it more enjoyable.

[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)