Quote Originally Posted by Kitru View Post
It was to point out that simply asking for an absorption shield wouldn't do anything. To be useful, a mitigation mechanism needs to scale with incoming damage. As long as there are no one-shot mechanics, you can create an effective self-healing tank that doesn't use absorb shields as long as said self-healing scales with incoming damage rather than gear. It's more important that the mitigation mechanism *scales* rather than whether it's proactive or reactive. Proactive is still *better*, but it's not the most important part.
This is the main problem with Foresight. I'm sure folks with Allagan gear drops see a huge increase in Foresight's damage mitigation. Anything less than that and it's a paper shield. You're better off going with "Resistance" type gear that blocks "Blunt" "Slashing" etc. Because that does scale with damage.