Quote Originally Posted by InsideOut View Post
No thanks. I would rather use my second stratagem to Protect/Shell another party in my alliance. I have better uses for my stratagems.

The fact still remains that the majority of WHMs find that putting merits in Protectra V has a more practical use than Devotion. That is why we unlock Protectra V and use it 1001x more than we will ever use a job ability that gives MP to another player. WHMs are usually in parties with damage dealers and support jobs that do not naturally have MP.

Now that I think about it, Devotion sounds more like a Dark Knight or Paladin job ability,and they would get much more use out of it than a WHM would ever.
That's why you give Devotion to the PLDs and DRKs in your party <_<

Also, no, most WHMs have admitted to unlocking Protectra V because it "looks silly" to cast Shellra V with Protectra IV. Asthetics does not a well-thought out merit choice make.

However, if you're casting shell/protect on another party, then you're running with 2 or fewer primary healers, in which case your strategy would obviously change. For the sake of this discussion, I am not assuming that the WHM in question is the only healer in an alliance.