Quote Originally Posted by aodhan_ofinnegain View Post
I mean you keep saying cover is only useful now in niche situations, but the thing is cover is a niche skill to begin with. You're gonna use cover in a niche way anyways because it's not the conventional method to how the mechanic was designed in the first place. Take o12s and the tank share mechanic, you cover the MT after he receives the magic vuln and cover them and take the buster. you cover the BRD/MCH in o11s for the hp tether so you can keep uptime, you used to use cover to prevent / avoid a tank swap, these are all niche things in the first place. So it got nerfed so what, considering there is still so much strong mitigation in PLDs toolkit, seriously, the nerfs PLD got are so minor compared to what we gain. Some of the future strat will still use cover as a planned CD, especially when cheesing stuff using a ranged dps to maximise uptime, 50 gauge to gain more dps sounds like a win to me, niche or not but it is a niche skill to use in the first place.
I'm sorry, let me see if I understand you right. Are you trying to say cover will be just as useful as it is now when it's had 20% mitigation taken off and a gauge cost added on? Cause I don't see the math following that one.