Quote Originally Posted by Rilifane View Post
Wether it's ST or aoe, it doesn't matter. The raid as a whole has a lot of tools to mitigate incoming damage but forcing the healer to GCD shield aoes instead is easier, so that's how PF and many statics do it. Not every aoe one-shots you at low ilvl without stacking mitigation. It's not rocket science to shift some mitigation from the less dangerous aoes to the more dangerous ones. GCD shields are the easy way out and don't require communication. It's comfy and it has been done for so long that many people don't even try to coordinate anymore because why go through all the hassle of using HoL, Reprisal, Samba, Addle etc. when you can simply put a healer on bubble duty?
This just sounds like a lack of communication with your group if you're feeling forced to GCD shield.