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[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

[mikoto_qc]

Its mainly to start dungeons and entering bosses without having to wait on buffs.
Nothing is being handed to you since you were gonna have to use the spells at beginning of every dungeon or titan fight...

Not earning buffs during cutscenes is another issue all together which should be fixed

After wiping to Turn5 so many times it must be annoying to see healers have to reapply buffs over and over and over before engaging twin.

Edit:

Actions are still there for you to use but mainly to reapply in combat and after combat.
Also SCH vs WHM buffs. What ever potency of protect or stoneskin replaces the other.

wow and you are serious about this o.O? i thought it was joke first

[spaace]

1 class casting 1 buff is hard.
you can also make a macro

/ac "Stoneskin" <1>
/wait 3
/ac "Stoneskin" <2>
/wait 3


If anything warriors need to have defiance auto buff because there be some bad as fuck ones out there..

[Cynric]

Auto casting spells that still have cast time saves zero time. It just means you don't have to press the button. Just make a macro. Because this ? Yeah this? Is a lazy mans thing and is absolutely worthless to waste time even asking for. Technically its already in game with macro's. That just requires a bit more work then you are probably used to doing for games. You actually did more work to post this suggestion than it would take to make this effect come out a macro.

[LordSaviour]

6 Pages on this?

No! Whats the point? YOU DIED, Your Buffs should wear and the user should reapply. I think I've partied with your type in dungeons before though, we wipe on a boss and then we get back to the boss stage, waiting for the WHM to recast buffs. WHM then gives a "Oh, Sorry" reply.

[Trikki]

make a macro that looks like:

/micon "Stoneskin"
/target <1>
/ac "Stoneskin" <1>
/wait 3
/target <2>
...etc

It works great - one button and it stoneskins your party. Get a drink for 5 seconds while it goes.

[diulalasing]

Coming from EQ1, I am often baffled and shocked by the very very short recovery time from a wipe.

In EQ if a raid wipes, it takes 15-30 minute to get back to where you were and to regain mana and rebuff. In FFXIV its 15-30 seconds. I know they are different games completely, but the easier you make it to recovery from a death the more people will be ok with dying.

Oh god, wiping in plane of hate with 1 necro summoning every single corpse...

[JayCommon]

wow and you are serious about this o.O? i thought it was joke first

I don't know what's worse, the fact that OP is actually serious about this or that there are responses trying to agree/validate with OP....

I think my point is valid. I don't see why monk's fists stay when nothing else does.

Not disagreeing with you, but it is super annoying having to re-apply the fists when level syncing for Fate-grinding. Every time I level sync in Coerthas for a fate grind I have to re-apply, even if I don't sync below level 40 (which is the level you get Fists of Fire). It still comes off. Hate that!!

Maybe I should go start a thread asking the devs to spend their time changing this....

[KraggyKor]

In EQ if a raid wipes, it takes 15-30 minute to get back to where you were and to regain mana and rebuff.

Thankfully crass mechanics like that were consigned to history.

[KraggyKor]

make a macro that looks like:

/micon "Stoneskin"
/target <1>
/ac "Stoneskin" <1>
/wait 3
/target <2>
...etc

It works great - one button and it stoneskins your party. Get a drink for 5 seconds while it goes.

7 * 3 + 8 * 2.5 > 5.