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[Nihility]

to be fair stoneskinning dps before encounters is pretty much a waste of time to begin with.
it's such a small amount on them that getting hit will strip it and hit them hard enough to require healing afterwards anyways

[Beetle]

to be fair stoneskinning dps before encounters is pretty much a waste of time to begin with.
it's such a small amount on them that getting hit will strip it and hit them hard enough to require healing afterwards anyways

so... you having to use a extra cure to cure them wasting mp in mid combat & titan stomps doesn't remove stoneskins got ya since the dps can dodge it. Good to know.

[Beetle]

Its mainly to start dungeons and entering bosses without having to wait on buffs.
Nothing is being handed to you since you were gonna have to use the spells at beginning of every dungeon or titan fight...

Not earning buffs during cutscenes is another issue all together which should be fixed

After wiping to Turn5 so many times it must be annoying to see healers have to reapply buffs over and over and over before engaging twin.

Edit:

Actions are still there for you to use but mainly to reapply in combat and after combat.
Also SCH vs WHM buffs. What ever potency of protect or stoneskin replaces the other.

[SulwynCaliope]

Its mainly to start dungeons and entering bosses without having to wait on buffs.
Nothing is being handed to you since you were gonna have to use the spells at beginning of every dungeon or titan fight...

Not earning buffs during cutscenes is another issue all together which should be fixed

After wiping to Turn5 so many times it must be annoying to see healers have to reapply buffs over and over and over before engaging twin.

Edit:

Actions are still there for you to use but mainly to reapply in combat and after combat.
Also SCH vs WHM buffs. What ever potency of protect or stoneskin replaces the other.

In most higher level encounters, in the time it takes to buff the party, there's a quick strategy meeting. Usually I or the WHM has finished buffing the party before people have agreed on what stats to use for the fight. You're not really saving much time by making buffs auto applied.

[mikoto_qc]

Its mainly to start dungeons and entering bosses without having to wait on buffs.
Nothing is being handed to you since you were gonna have to use the spells at beginning of every dungeon or titan fight...

Not earning buffs during cutscenes is another issue all together which should be fixed

After wiping to Turn5 so many times it must be annoying to see healers have to reapply buffs over and over and over before engaging twin.

Edit:

Actions are still there for you to use but mainly to reapply in combat and after combat.
Also SCH vs WHM buffs. What ever potency of protect or stoneskin replaces the other.

wow and you are serious about this o.O? i thought it was joke first

[JayCommon]

wow and you are serious about this o.O? i thought it was joke first

I don't know what's worse, the fact that OP is actually serious about this or that there are responses trying to agree/validate with OP....

I think my point is valid. I don't see why monk's fists stay when nothing else does.

Not disagreeing with you, but it is super annoying having to re-apply the fists when level syncing for Fate-grinding. Every time I level sync in Coerthas for a fate grind I have to re-apply, even if I don't sync below level 40 (which is the level you get Fists of Fire). It still comes off. Hate that!!

Maybe I should go start a thread asking the devs to spend their time changing this....