^Eh, you're entirely overlooking the ability to add secondary classes, which can change things considerably - to the point that I'm mainly using Primrose as a second Scholar instead of her regular skillset. I also vastly prefer AoE healing to Alfyn letting half the party die while healing just one person. Which has, admittedly, led to the point that I'm still stuck in Alfyn's chapter 4 and its ridiculously hard boss fight.