@Casuals , do you think the message has gotten through?

[Valence]

Aquaveil is only usefull when you remove a status effects. Without removing one, the shield absord less than a base attack from most of the DPS and Tanks.
Generally, the others played purify quickly (and some job have also some extra skills for purify, like the Bard), the jobs getting more often status effects are generally the tanks (which love to be in the middle of the enemies group), the solo player (thoses that are only here fro the kill cont and love to be the other side of the maps) etc...

So, in the end, Aquaveil is best used as a personal shield, for many pratical reason.

Absorbing 8000 is nothing to scoff at and is the difference between life and death, as every little bit counts. There is also specific moments notably during openers when you know that your frontliners are going to get crowd controlled to death. Even then, while using it on self is perfectly acceptable and can save you, it can also have saved your allies when you decided instead to sit on it when they needed it.