Please fix protect

[basketofseals]

You may be don't know, but others do.
+15% of current defense values.
You are welcome.

+15% defense does NOT mean 15% less damage taken. The actual value if that defense is like....3% mitigation if I remember correctly?

It's pretty useless, but I mean it's free so we're expected to use it. If you were forced to have it equipped to have the effect persist, I wouldn't bother in dungeons, and maybe not even in raids. Assuming I would need surecast of course.

[Tint]

+15% defense does NOT mean 15% less damage taken. The actual value if that defense is like....3% mitigation if I remember correctly?

It's pretty useless, but I mean it's free so we're expected to use it. If you were forced to have it equipped to have the effect persist, I wouldn't bother in dungeons, and maybe not even in raids. Assuming I would need surecast of course.

yes, you are technically not forced to use Protect, because it's a rather weak buff. at least in casual content - in raid progression it's a different story, when every little bit counts. but you will have two healers there and only one needs Protect.

however, actually you are forced to use Protect, because a dungeon will not start without you casting it. we are just so used to wait for the Protect at the start of a dungeon that a healer will land very often in a situation where he has to defend himself why isn't casting Protect. and of course has to explain every time when a dungeon starts that he will not cast it, otherwise people will stand there useless waiting for a while.

[basketofseals]

yes, you are technically not forced to use Protect, because it's a rather weak buff. at least in casual content - in raid progression it's a different story, when every little bit counts. but you will have two healers there and only one needs Protect.

My point is that the mitigation is so insanely minor, that if you were forced to choose between protect or other cross class skills, Protect would be thrown into the bin without a second thought. Mechanics wouldn't even need to be rebalanced around not having Protect.