Protect/Shell Duration Increase

[Rexus]

Protect and Shell definitely could use a duration of 30 minutes or even 1 hour. There is nothing skillful about babysitting short buffs that don't drastically alter the outcome of a battle. It's merely incredibly annoying and I find it incredible that you're fine with something being a nuisance by design. We wouldn't want to have fun while playing a game, now would we? That would be just awful!

The problem with increasing duration of Pro/Shell is that they become gimmick spells. If you have them last 60 minutes, what is really the point? You could just lower the Att/M.Att of mobs and get the same result.

It 'worked' in FFXI because you needed a WHM to get Pro/Shell 5. Here, anyone can cast Pro/Shell if they really want. There will pretty much never be a situation where you don't have Pro/Shell due to the class system. So then whats the point in having them if they're on 24/7?

Is it also annoying to constantly re-apply poison/bio/dia/etc? Pro/Shell act like any other skill you have to re-apply every 30sec-3minutes. You can't single out these spells when nearly every other skill/ability acts the same way.

They definitely need to increase the potency of Pro/Shell, that's for sure.

[Frein]

The problem with increasing duration of Pro/Shell is that they become gimmick spells. If you have them last 60 minutes, what is really the point? You could just lower the Att/M.Att of mobs and get the same result.

This is a valid point but it is simple to solve by making it CON/WHM only or by making it less potent for off-classes.