Cover?

[Phreak]

I've also got Cover on my Provoke Macro, but they're both <t> not <tt>

It's rare that something rips hate from me, but for the few occasions where it's needed (in WP to run past stalkers or on the 2nd boss, or "helping" another tank that's run out of cooldowns on Duty Finder HM fights, etc) I'll just press my "Target Party Member #N" key and mash the button.

Oh, and the (limited) testing I've done suggests that at least for Physical damage, Covered damage is mitigatable. I know I take less damage from the Tonberry Stalkers than my Mages.

It's all in your head unfortunately, I've tested this several times across many different classes with/without them wearing armor/buffs etc. I always take damage equal to what they were taking prior to using cover on them.