SCH or BLM - which is more bellicose?Follow

A little while ago I posted a thread about which Disciple of Magic class would fit my character best in terms of personality, and I was kind of surprised everyone thought Arcanist, given that I had established that my character was peaceful and independent-minded by nature, and ill-suited to being a member of a Grand Company. One poster wrote:



The funny thing is, I actually felt that BLM would work BETTER for my character than SCH, because, for one thing Scholar IS the only recurring FF magic-user class that is directly tied to the military. And not only does your storyline involve working for the Maurader's Guild, but it is confirmed that the ancient Nymian Scholars had the job of personally directing their units in battle, which strongly goes against the idea of it being suitable for someone who likes to work alone.

In the BLM story, by contrast, I got more of a sense of "wise weilders of dark magic" from Ququruka and the beastmen; weilding highly destructive magic but using that to seal portals to the Void. All of the beastmen are revealed outcasts from their tribes.

However, there's also the fact that SCHs took on the role of doctors during times of peace, as well as the whole piece of the puzzle involving the fairy needing to regain her memories (which hints that SCH spells might actually come from the fairies themselves, rather than being advanced Arcanima designed with the intention of protecting large groups of soldiers in battle).

Plus, since Nym doesn't exist anymore, you probably could easily be a "free" Scholar, unlike for instance a WHM who is bound to serve the Padjal.

So is this true? Or do you think BLMs are the most (stereotypically) aggressive DoM, and if so, why?

Edited, Jun 6th 2014 2:50am by JFrombaugh

Edited, Jun 6th 2014 2:51am by JFrombaugh

Scholar is a soildier.
Summoner is a fake, poorly designed, WoW Warlock wannabe. (Not the FFXI SMN, just ARR sadly :( )
Black Mage is a force of destruction.

Play WHM.

Edited, Jun 6th 2014 4:46am by Transmigration

XI summoner had its flaws, but once they adjusted it so that the avatar reflected the stats of the summoner, we learned we could pile on DEX and crit atma in Abyssea and pop out insane damage with Garuda. (I thought I had a screenshot of Garuda popping out a 7000+ Predator Claws but now I can't find it.)

SMN came into its own after that.

Also, SMN burn parties were actually a thing once level sync came into play. Ever see someone shoot up about 15 levels in less than a minute?

You have to remember that story wise you're the only one certain jobs. Scholars may have been military 1500 years ago, but today "you" are the only one in existence.

I will admit that Scholar ends up ahead of Summoners in the Arcanist line of jobs. You don't have the "prestige" of big cures like White Mages have, but you've got way more flexibility in what you can accomplish while your fairy is covering the curing. It's also the only job that has any sort of haste ability, which is pretty special in itself.

Why argue at all? It's your character. It's ultimately your choice which job you pick. You don't need approval from any of us.