PLD abilities

[Brannigan]

The CD isn't really that long, considering some of the "best" tank CDs in the game are 180 seconds, whereas Divine Veil is 150 seconds. Over the course of a 8:30 fight, that's 3 uses of Divine Veil. That's the same recast time as Vengeance (WAR skill).

In an 8:30 fight, warrior can use vengeance at:

0:00 start of the fight
2:00
4:00
6:00
8:00

Five times.

Divine Veil could be used at

0:00
2:30
5:00
7:30

4 times.

But you shouldn't really be comparing Vengeance and Divine Veil, since one is personal mitigation and the other is raid mitigation. Vengeance lasts 15 seconds while Veil lasts a set amount of HP (usually one hit, a raid AOE). Divine Veil's cooldown is too long. The closest ability to it is Deployment Tactics, which can absorb WAY more damage and is on a shorter cooldown.