Spells Duration

[Alien]

please increase some buffs spells time duration, for example Protect and Shell. Because its really hard to recast during the battle. Please make them last at least 30 minutes

[Perrin_Aybarra]

Hmm I don't know. I agree a bit with you that they could make them last longer BUT

In all honesty, it is not hard to rebuff in mid-fight and also having them on a 5min timer does make it interesting if they make it so they actually matter. It makes the fights for the healer/buffer more interesting, a bit like bard buffs in FFXI. On top of it, when you think final fantasy in general, when you are in a boss fight, your buffs doesn't last forever and you need to recast during battle.

It only makes sense that they last only 5min in FFXIV. So I would not mind them keeping it like this, makes for a more interesting gameplay. Not to mention they could make some stats increase the duration. Let's say PIE for instance, so make it a base 3min duration but the more PIE the buffer has the longer the buffs last.

[Ferth]

I'd much rather see them add stuns and bar spells, and improve debuffs as a whole, than try to see them wedge protect and shell into the "strategic buff" category. Especially considering how little an impact they seem to have.

It wouldn't even need to be half an hour though... increasing the duration to 10 minutes for cons and 5-6 minutes for thaums would be an improvement... But at the same time I'd like a quantifiable difference in their effects.