Hey fam.
So I'll probably only end up reiterating what others have said, but I still want to at least voice my own opinion about the current job situation of my favourite job, Scholar, in hopes that it might matter for something.
This post is meant to provide one player's perspective regarding thoughts about Scholar as it is right now. Whether you agree/disagree, I welcome anyone to comment. I recognise that my point of view is far from infallible, and is, in the end, only my own opinion.
For context, I am a returning player who has not played for a total of four years -- since Heavensward. I decided to put education before gaming, and thus I have been away for some time. Until now. Because of the pandemic situation, I suddenly had a lot of free time on my hands. So I though: why not jump back into ffxiv for the summer? Apparently, things have changed significantly since last I played.
Back then, I was a frequent Warrior, Scholar, and Machinist player, and one of my favourite game mechanics to mess around with was the pet mechanic of the latter two. Now, this seems to have been "reworked," or, rather, removed entirely in some aspects. Selene is now just a... re-skin of Eos? What? Why?! To me, this just seems like such an odd design choice. Regardless of whether or not the majority found Selene as useful as Eos, I think just outright removing her is doing her an major injustice.
Similarly, suddenly finding myself without the majority of my dps toolkit is depressing. Part of the fun -- for me, I should emphasize -- of playing Scholar was the DoT management during our downtime. When no healing was necessary, or during easier duties (or solo duties), throwing out my DoTs, Shadow Flare, utilising Miasma II in close quarters, all the while topping if off with a satisfying Bane to spread the hurt, was sooo immensely fulfilling. I felt like I actually contributed to the party in more ways than just healing. Today, this entire toolkit seems to have just been tossed out the window and reduced to a feeble push-one-button-to-do-damage scenario, and I find it excruxiatingly dull. Overall, levelling Scholar up to 80 this summer was a pretty unenganging experience in all solo content. I admit, I enjoy the healing toolkit a ton, but having my dps toolkit forcefully ousted just makes me feel robbed.
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So I'll probably only end up reiterating what others have said, but I still want to at least voice my own opinion about the current job situation of my favourite job, Scholar, in hopes that it might matter for something.
This post is meant to provide one player's perspective regarding thoughts about Scholar as it is right now. Whether you agree/disagree, I welcome anyone to comment. I recognise that my point of view is far from infallible, and is, in the end, only my own opinion.
For context, I am a returning player who has not played for a total of four years -- since Heavensward. I decided to put education before gaming, and thus I have been away for some time. Until now. Because of the pandemic situation, I suddenly had a lot of free time on my hands. So I though: why not jump back into ffxiv for the summer? Apparently, things have changed significantly since last I played.
Back then, I was a frequent Warrior, Scholar, and Machinist player, and one of my favourite game mechanics to mess around with was the pet mechanic of the latter two. Now, this seems to have been "reworked," or, rather, removed entirely in some aspects. Selene is now just a... re-skin of Eos? What? Why?! To me, this just seems like such an odd design choice. Regardless of whether or not the majority found Selene as useful as Eos, I think just outright removing her is doing her an major injustice.
Similarly, suddenly finding myself without the majority of my dps toolkit is depressing. Part of the fun -- for me, I should emphasize -- of playing Scholar was the DoT management during our downtime. When no healing was necessary, or during easier duties (or solo duties), throwing out my DoTs, Shadow Flare, utilising Miasma II in close quarters, all the while topping if off with a satisfying Bane to spread the hurt, was sooo immensely fulfilling. I felt like I actually contributed to the party in more ways than just healing. Today, this entire toolkit seems to have just been tossed out the window and reduced to a feeble push-one-button-to-do-damage scenario, and I find it excruxiatingly dull. Overall, levelling Scholar up to 80 this summer was a pretty unenganging experience in all solo content. I admit, I enjoy the healing toolkit a ton, but having my dps toolkit forcefully ousted just makes me feel robbed.
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