Quote Originally Posted by wildvenonat View Post
The MP cost makes it so that it's desirable to think about when you're using it rather than to press it on cooldown, as it actually feels bad for the shield to not break. This then means it feels more rewarding when it does break.

The other tanks have less tension for whether or not they used their ally mitigation correctly, so they're less satisfying.

It's like the difference between breaking a scholar's shield from a sage's shield. Sage's take slightly longer to perform and have a method to make back your lost damage; Scholar's exist and do not have a pass/fail indicator.
I don't agree, cause you can't just use the other tanks defensives on allies off CD either, and their longer CD can actually hurt you more then just losing out on your tank damage a bit.

But I mean you do you, I just don't find a shield they likely don't even notice that can give me one oGCD attack to be less interesting then watching them heal themselves to full out of nowhere, which is potentially a sacrifice I made if I timed it poorly in the midst of the encounter.