Paladin Cover Ability - Do you use it?

[EscapingJail]

In Titan EX you can use it to steal a stack that the MT will take. If you time it right you can reset his stacks.

[Pesmergia]

I never use it in raids, because it does not factor in your armor/defense when you cover someone, it factors in theirs, so you will probably die, or come very close, and be a MP sponge.

Edit: Using cover on a DPS/Healer, that is. Using it on another tank is fine.

I do use it in WP/ 4 man dungeons often. Especially speed runs. And it's amazing in PvP.

[AlrikRouge]

HUGE pulls on dungeon speed runs with a WHM - when planned, I pop cover, HG, they use holy.

And other times, but yes, rare and very situational indeed.

[Akirakogami]

tanks derp in turn 4 and healers and black mages constantly die. Pld tries to use cover on them to make up for their hate generation badness.

[dark494]

The only time I can think of to use Cover is T4, last phase as it spawns, cover the whm being's targeted by all the mobs so that you can safely wait for them to get to said whm, flash them all and pull away to safety.

[Versiroth]

The problem I have with it is the range. To cover a healer, they need to run to me or I to them. If they are kiting mobs, it's useless as they run out of the cover range. I will some times use it on a Melee that is close to death so the healer can shoot them a heal, but even then they run away from the action a lot, which again wastes the effect.

[Messenger]

I use cover most of the time and it's a habit of mine to protect those who's in critical or in danger.
Example.

WP SR - The part where you pull mobs and the healer doesn't trust you so she'll heal you right away which she'll probably will get several mobs hate (Use Cover)
AK SR - The last part where you pull the whole jungle before the boss area and you don't have enough aoe dps. (Cover the dps that's grabbing ur hate koz u don't have enough mp for flash)

T1 - Maybe when your slime puller is a newb and die easily (Cover)
- Or the part where you killed your snake first and the tank is getting trucked with damage (Use Cover then CD when that tank has CD down)
T2 - ... I have never figure out where i should use it.

[Messenger]

T4 - If you are an OT during phase 5 or phase 6, after several attempts you should already know which healer mostly grabs the hate when the soldiers and knights pop (Run close to that healer and use Cover then CD)
- If you are an MT and your primary healer is the one getting hate and the other tank don't know how to use cover - ask that healer to get close to u a bit but not to be in front of dread (use Cover when the soldiers and knights pop)
T5 - T_T.......

Garuda EX - OT or MT, in rare occasion if Suparna/Garuda is closed to the melee dps (Use Cover before the whicked wheel)
Titan EX - I mostly use this to a DPS/healer whose health is about to die during stomps. Also after you destroyed that heart and then theres someone who failed to avoid the bomb explosion. I Cover that person even though i don't know if its gonna work after the Titan Kabooming
Ifrit EX - I have never used it here but i spam Stoneskin on each dps and healer whenever it is down and even I have the hate.

[Dracosavarian]

In my experience the most I have used cover is for situations gone horribly awry due to some adds, or, when I am in Crystal Tower helping the tank as off tank. Generally I'll hit cover on them if they get dangerously low and the healer doesn't seem to be paying attention. Has saved lives more than a few times.

[Cabalabob]

I use it on the main tank when I'm off tanking ifrit HM along with bulwark to try and get some pacifies in on eruptions so stun resist rate doesn't go up as fast, other than that I don't use it except for lols.