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[IndigoHawk]

I also think this could be addressed by making an out of combat group stoneskin. Then it's just protect and group stoneskin.

Some like selecting each person and waiting a couple seconds, but I'm fine skipping it. It also would let me put stoneskins on dps without making people wait.

[Lemuria]

I also think this could be addressed by making an out of combat group stoneskin. Then it's just protect and group stoneskin.

Some like selecting each person and waiting a couple seconds, but I'm fine skipping it. It also would let me put stoneskins on dps without making people wait.

To be honest, I'd be happy if they gave Scholar our 18% stoneskin trait and gave WHM the ability to cast an AoE version of it as compensation. It feels weird having to re-skin players who already have the buff simply because the Scholar version is inferior to our own. Yes, that goes for Protect too.

to be fair stoneskinning dps before encounters is pretty much a waste of time to begin with.
it's such a small amount on them that getting hit will strip it and hit them hard enough to require healing afterwards anyways

I really hope you're not a healer, because that kind of thinking is what gets people killed.

Damage mitigation is never wasted. It's either cures which don't need to be used later or a hitpoint buffer if they're attacked with a big hitter. I've seen plenty of DPS get hit by the bosses big skills (mostly melee) and stoneskin can be the difference between them dying or surviving the assault.

[Nihility]

I really hope you're not a healer, because that kind of thinking is what gets people killed.

Damage mitigation is never wasted. It's either cures which don't need to be used later or a hitpoint buffer if they're attacked with a big hitter. I've seen plenty of DPS get hit by the bosses big skills (mostly melee) and stoneskin can be the difference between them dying or surviving the assault.

I am a healer that's been killing twintania for over 10 weeks straight with no problems and clear all 3 extremes each week as well
stoneskin has plenty of great uses but buffering anyone but the tank with it before fights is mostly a waste of time