Some Questions from some one considering the game...Follow

Hello, since I cant post on the official forums because you have to own a copy to do so, I have some questions that I cant ask there so i found this place. I don't know if this is the biggest non-official place out there but there seems to be enough ppl here. I have watched many videos but can only ascertain so much from them with out asking some one directly and on a side note I do know about all the non-sense that has been going on with the servers.

I am seriously considering playing this game but I had a couple of questions before I did.

First, I mostly play a healer and I was wondering what are the main differences between White Mage and Scholar, what can one do that the other cant? and Vise verse.

Second, what is rare in that game currently? I have been known to play tank every now and then as well and if it was incredibly rare I would not mind that either.

Third, is this game mostly instance based? or is there alot of open world to it as well?

Forth, what else is there to do when you reach max lvl besides the classic gear grind?

Is there anything else that I should know about the game?

Thank You in Advance~

You say that White Mages are in demand are they just outright better healers then scholars? I was under the impression that Scholars could heal a dungeon by them selves just with less healing power but more of some other trait.

It's because the Duty Finder only considers a conjurer to be a healer at lower levels, and slaps the arcanist into the DD slots. A white mage has more healing options than a scholar, at the loss of damage abilities. I have no doubt a competent scholar can handle a whole dungeon at endgame on their own, but I don't know if the Duty Finder puts them in the healer slot or not.

Every race will have two "clans" to choose from, like a sub race if you will. One will have a few more stats in their magic related, the other in melee related.

Were talking like a couple stats here so nothing major.

So basically, races are more for looks. You could argue that one race is the best at say, melee DPS because they have one more str than another race...but we are talking nominal amounts here.

Just go off what looks best to you...obviously the clan you choose at character creation should be more focused towards magic or melee. If you want to pay a few more bucks a month, and do the story line multiple times, you can make 8 character. Otherwise the cheaper sub is one character.

I thought I would make more than one character, but have already canceled the subscription and renewed with the cheaper on, I don't see a point to making a new character and I rather like the way my guy looks.