Quote Originally Posted by Delorean View Post
You call it forethought, but it's following a timer in your brain, stopping everything and waiting to IB the second you see a Death Sentence cast bar.
I call it listening for my Death Sentence warning macro, which pings party chat at few times when it's about to drop (I have to reclick it every time Twintania uses Death Sentence to "refresh" it). Since IB lasts 6 seconds, I can just use it as soon as the macro starts making noises and know that I'll be covered for just before and just after I take that big hit to the face.

The only fights where I actually have issues using IB at the "proper" time are Ifrit EX and Garuda EX, because they just doesn't like using their burst hits at precise intervals. For everything else, you can either get a timer macro, watch for the precursor attack (*cough*Titan*cough*), or just use it on CD if it's just a continual damage boss.

I would like it if IB's duration were extended a couple seconds. 6 seconds is just a bit too short, imo. It'd be nice if it at least covered 3 whole GCDs.