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By Barleycup 2012-03-26 11:54:22
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With SE's spoken acknowledgment that future contact will not be over-reliant on proccing (thank god . . ) will this mean that SCH>BLM for most content?..

Lets have a look at Pro's of each:

SCH/RDM:
> 15-20% more damage Per nuke than BLM (even BLM casting Thundaja)
> Can reach 80% FC now with Rubeus, so DoT is significantly better than BLM.
> Better MP Management.
> SCH Helices bump up DoT even more.
> Can quickly switch to C4 set to heal for 800+ (BLM wont have Healing Magic Skill unless they /SCH)
> Access to Kaustra (not that i ever use this tbh, might be useful in Legion) and Embrava.
> With FC set up and Haste no longer need to have "Filler Spell" inbetween spamming Thunder/Blizzard V and IV".


BLM:
>Stun.
>Enmity Douse.
>Manafont very useful for emergencies.
>....

. .Are we to see the advent of everyone jumping on SCH bandwagon?

Food for thought indeed. :)
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By Odin.Dirtyfinger 2012-03-26 11:57:52
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Wow bias much?
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By Leviathan.Draylo 2012-03-26 11:58:37
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Nope
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By Barleycup 2012-03-26 11:58:50
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I have both BLM and SCH levelled.

Not biased unelss you cant see the truth.
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By Siren.Thoraeon 2012-03-26 11:59:58
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BLM can spam multiple high tier nukes of the same element at a rate that SCH cannot compete.
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By Cerberus.Finalvegeta 2012-03-26 12:00:19
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Dunno about you but I have capped FC. My spells go off at like 18%? How are you doing 20% more damage per nuke? BLM can C4 too with nice numbers but yeah less healing skill. You say unless /sch but many BLMs these days use /sch.
Only thing about SCH that pisses me off is this self SC. That's just broken.
Edit: Goetia body +2, Haste, Fast cast from /rdm = already -36% recast time? Don't forget BLMs can use FC too.
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By Valefor.Fmaxgluttony 2012-03-26 12:01:46
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well even though i really love sch it still will not replace blm elemental celerity/haste as /rdm they still cast faster and have more survivability options than sch. but i do for see an increase for sch now for events that aren't VW.
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By Siren.Thoraeon 2012-03-26 12:02:42
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Do you have enhanced Stratagem recast? And good luck self SC with a dozen dd's smashing the mob.
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By Barleycup 2012-03-26 12:03:27
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@ Thoraeon:

Read the OP.

SCH can cap FC at 80% same as BLM.
SCH can cast Thunder V and IV one after the other ad Infimitum for more damage than BLM can

SCH Thunder V will do about 20% more damage than BLM Thundaja, also SCH thunder IV is equivalent to BLM thunder V.

All this time SCH helices are racking up the damage . .

So . .SCH can compete; it can more than compete it can annihilate.
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By Cerberus.Finalvegeta 2012-03-26 12:03:30
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If you don't use the Stratagem to self SC or to boost your damage I don't see how you want to do 20% more damage than a BLM.
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By Cerberus.Finalvegeta 2012-03-26 12:04:39
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Barleycup said: »
@ Thoraeon:

Read the OP.

SCH can cap FC at 80% same as BLM.
SCH can cast Thunder V and IV one after the other ad Infimitum for more damage than BLM can

SCH Thunder V will do about 20% more damage than BLM Thundaja, also SCH thunder IV is equivalent to BLM thunder V.

All this time SCH helices are racking up the damage . .

So . .SCH can compete; it can more than compete it can annihilate.
What
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By Barleycup 2012-03-26 12:04:55
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Ebullience Thunder V will do about 20% more than even the best equipped BLM can with Thundaja. Any good SCH will be able to veritfy this.
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By Siren.Thoraeon 2012-03-26 12:07:30
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I wouldn't say 20% more, but with ebullience, a SCH T5 > a BLM T5. Without ebullience though, BLM wins, and if you are spamming nukes, the SCH will run out of stratagems while the BLM can keep blasting at full power.

BLM gets alot of better nuking gear than SCH (except body), and with higher traits it can still hold its own.
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By Barleycup 2012-03-26 12:08:08
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My Thunder V do 4400 Vs EM-T mobs outside.

Thunder V does 10000+ inside abyssea.
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By Siren.Thoraeon 2012-03-26 12:10:50
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Dude, I know what SCH can do. Without posting your gear sets and BLM numbers with gear sets, those numbers are worthless.
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By Cerberus.Finalvegeta 2012-03-26 12:13:41
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Barleycup said: »
My Thunder V do 4400 Vs EM-T mobs outside.

Thunder V does 10000+ inside abyssea.
I'd like to see some screenshots.
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By Siren.Thoraeon 2012-03-26 12:14:42
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Cerberus.Finalvegeta said: »
Barleycup said: »
My Thunder V do 4400 Vs EM-T mobs outside.

Thunder V does 10000+ inside abyssea.
I'd like to see some screenshots.
Numbers are believable, but listing gear/atmas used would be nice.
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By Cerberus.Finalvegeta 2012-03-26 12:15:32
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10k every single time? On normal mobs? Even with atmas that's damn high
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By Phoenix.Bomber 2012-03-26 12:15:42
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Siren.Thoraeon said: »
I wouldn't say 20% more, but with ebullience, a SCH T5 > a BLM T5. Without ebullience though, BLM wins, and if you are spamming nukes, the SCH will run out of stratagems while the BLM can keep blasting at full power.

BLM gets alot of better nuking gear than SCH (except body), and with higher traits it can still hold its own.
Nares set says Hi ..This thread is another SCH vs. BLM on nuking lol i dont see OP mentioning heals at all he keeps beating the dead horse of nuking and BLM will always win on that bcuz thats it's main job as Dev team stated ...SCH has to spam way too many JAs to nuke like a BLM
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By Lakshmi.Byrth 2012-03-26 12:15:50
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1) Did SCH get -aga spells, Elemental DoT, and Ancient Magic for proccing?
2) Is Magic suddenly a time-efficient damage source?

Okay, I guess Scholar won't be replacing Black Mage.
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By Phoenix.Dramatica 2012-03-26 12:16:53
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SCH won't have meteor, sch can't use ja spell bonuses with other BLMs, and more importantly you are useless in this proc reliant world outside of embrava. SCH only ever had the advantage at MP longevity, which translated to more damage if fights were long enough to require that much.
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By Barleycup 2012-03-26 12:17:01
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@ Thoraeon; Good Point:

I will post some numbers from both jobs on Mouring Crawlers and Bluffalo after Maintenance.

Thunder V without ebullience is still only 1-3% off BLM Thunder V because of Thunderstorm. And SCH rarely runs out of Strategems.

However with new content we shall see which is more useful as a DD.

I maintain strongly that my SCH does significant i.e 20-30% more DOT than my BLM.
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By Quetzalcoatl.Vileplume 2012-03-26 12:18:10
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I think you forgot SCH is limited by Stratagems... BLM can just throw nukes mindlessly while you have to wait for stratagems in order to dish out high damage.
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By Phoenix.Dramatica 2012-03-26 12:18:13
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Post numbers? Math can do that easily without you wasting your time.
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By Valefor.Fmaxgluttony 2012-03-26 12:19:13
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i'm guessing MM,Ultimate,Blinding Horn cause i can do it too, but even then SCH will not replace the BLM survival,insane cast speed on nuke,and more spell options sorry to burst your bubble that's just how it is. now if you are saying sch is a nice viable 2nd choice for the new stuff then yes i agree with you.
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By Bismarck.Sylow 2012-03-26 12:20:37
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Embrava is SCH's claim to fame.
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By Barleycup 2012-03-26 12:20:38
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@ Dramaica:

Read the OP, I said in context of a proccing free game after this update.

Also BLM JA bonuses still give Thundaja less than SCH Thunder V, + Thunder V is about 70% more mp efficient than Thundaja from BLM.

Please dont refer to "you" (i.e scholar). I have both jobs levelled.

tch!
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By Cerberus.Finalvegeta 2012-03-26 12:20:41
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input /equip head "Sorcerer's petasos +2"
input /equip body "Goetia coat +2"
input /equip back "Searing cape"
input /equip hands "Goetia gloves +2"
input /equip neck "Stoicheion medal"
input /equip waist "Oneiros sash"
input /equip ring1 "Strendu ring"
input /equip ring2 "Sorcerer's ring"
input /equip legs "Valkyrie's trews"
input /equip feet "Goetia sabots +2"
input /equip ear1 "Novio earring"
input /equip ear2 "Hecate's earring"
input /equip sub "Wizzan grip"
input /equip ammo "Witchstone"

Atmas: Ultimate,MM,Beyond

With set I'm not even coming close to 10k inside Abyssea. Defaq am I doing wrong?
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By Barleycup 2012-03-26 12:21:40
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@ Finalvegata:

What you are doing wrong is that you are not a SCH. :/

BLM can only get near 10k with Set proc.
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By Phoenix.Bomber 2012-03-26 12:21:48
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Barleycup said: »
@ Thoraeon; Good Point:

I will post some numbers from both jobs on Mouring Crawlers and Bluffalo after Maintenance.

Thunder V without ebullience is still only 1-3% off BLM Thunder V because of Thunderstorm. And SCH rarely runs out of Strategems.

However with new content we shall see which is more useful as a DD.

I maintain strongly that my SCH does significant i.e 20-30% more DOT than my BLM.
Except that your SCH will never have the perfect weather+day match whenever you want it lol
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