Quote Originally Posted by Xenitan View Post
As I said earlier, they stated that they changed Manawall from blocking 2 attacks to absorbing 20% of your hp's worth of physical damage because bosses will have more magical attacks and therefore this change will make the game more fun for you.
What does that have to do with Manawall though?

"Ah the boss will do more magic damage, so lets nerf BLM's physical shield."

It may not be totally useless now, but's it's pretty close to being.