It's past time, Yoshi-P...

[Maeka]

Yeah that was an issue even back when it was called Shroud of Saints and it boggles my mind that they never updated it when it became a Cross-Class skill.

Yeah, I remember that... I still do not understand who at SE thinks players use SoS (or now LD) primarily for the enmity reduction. I mean, I can count on one hand the number of times I've pulled hate by healing, lol. Out of every 1,000 times that SoS or LD was used, what, 1-2 times it was for actual enmity reduction (by players who understand what the skill actually does, that is)?

[HyoMinPark]

Yeah, I remember that... I still do not understand who at SE thinks players use SoS (or now LD) primarily for the enmity reduction. I mean, I can count on one hand the number of times I've pulled hate by healing, lol. Out of every 1,000 times that SoS or LD was used, what, 1-2 times it was for actual enmity reduction (by players who understand what the skill actually does, that is)?

I honestly think Lucid should have a rework with regards to the enmity dump part of the skill. I feel the same way about BRD/MCH Refresh/Tactician. Skills that are used primarily for support/self-sufficiency also functioning as enmity dumps can be... tricky sometimes. The number of times I have used Tactician to dump my own aggro and then subsequently a melee died and could have used the TP is numerous. Same thing with Refresh—there’s so many ways to use that skill, one of which is offensively for the sake of Foe’s and extending it’s duration/allowing for more casts during a given fight, but unless your healers are on top of their own mana and Lucid usage, it’s tricky to use Refresh in such a way.

I honestly think that all jobs should have access to Diversion, and it function as both an enmity dump AND an enmity queller but, sigh. Such is not the case. :c Or at least give WHM another ability to use as an enmity dump instead of relying purely on Lucid or a NIN, since they have the strongest heals and are usually the ones ripping aggro through healing (sometimes ASTs do, but I rarely see that; I almost never see a SCH threatening to rip hate through healing).

Having a NIN helps, because they can Smokescreen a healer about to rip hate, but you can’t always rely on having a NIN in DF/PUG groups. Alas.