Casting Protect cross-class

[chidarake]

as archer/brd you wont have access to it later so you wont have this dilemma,

on pld ss is very useful and protect can be useful too..

protect is great for pld's in low level if you have a healer who hasn't obtained it yet. and very useful in solo stuff.

in endgame protect is less useful by any class who can cast it compared to whm but is still always cast by someone who can.
in the case of pld again, protect can help keep someone up if they happen to die and get raised. it frees the healer to worry about heals first then protect a little later if needed, as in if a whm is in group and so can overwrite it,

its a tool available to healers that last 30mins and reduces damage taken by everyone, so it goes without saying it is useful, however im sure theres better skills you could cross class while you have access to them as an archer.