Holy ....


HOW can you desire a single target SELF ONLY spell over an multiple target Area Of Effect spell that does the exact same buff? I like adding 150 Magic Evasion to myself, I would absolutely LOVE to be able to add that to everyone in my party. I like adding 25 of any single stat (usually STR or INT) to myself, I would LOVE to be able to do that to everyone in my party. Protect / Shell is really just an annoyance more then anything else. What SE should of done is revamp the entire line and make Pro / Shell AoE if targeted on yourself and single target if on someone else. Then give WHM Shell / Protect effect merits such that they could add 10~25~40% effectiveness to their own spells. They can already do that with barspell effects.

See just saved a ton of spell ID's while maintaining class separation and not overpowering any single class.