Quote Originally Posted by Hachiko View Post
A shield would be far better. But keep in mind it would also be pro-active. If I knew a big hit was coming in I could put up the shield, and then mitigate the damage essentially before it happens.

This would be super nice in terms of balance, but it might go against their design goals (maybe they like WAR dipping dangerously low every time they take a big hit?) I'm not sure.
Make it so the Shield also applies a 50-75% healing boost to the next cure spell cast on the WAR. That way you can either buff up with Shield before a big hit to absorb it and reduce damage, or use it after to let the mages top you off easier and give you a bit of buffer to survive the next few auto-attacks. If you lose the shield early you lose the healing buff, and alternatively the shield goes away once a Cure spell is cast.