Why are ranged using LB so much now?

[CUTS3R]

It was required in teraflare. Potential usability is still nice - as it is a defensive buff.

Personally, I'd rather see Limit breaks reworked entirely.

1. Everyone gets their own bar
2. Potencies reduced on damage
3. Animation time reduced
4. Healers 3x bar doesn't apply max weakness, but takes a long time to fill up compared to tanks/dps
5. Tanks LB applies a defensive buff to them-self only and provokes everything in the arena + generates a lot of threat

I like the idea and i really want personal LBs but for the Tanks your idea could be problematic.

1st Because it doesnt protect the entire group and secondly the "provoke everything and do alot of threat" ability could go really wrong in fights designed with more than one boss or mobs with particular mechanics a single Tank cant handle.
Like bismarck snakes for example, Thordan knights or Seph Ex adds... You get the point.

[Kaurie]

I like the idea and i really want personal LBs but for the Tanks your idea could be problematic.

1st Because it doesnt protect the entire group and secondly the "provoke everything and do alot of threat" ability could go really wrong in fights designed with more than one boss or mobs with particular mechanics a single Tank cant handle.
Like bismarck snakes for example, Thordan knights or Seph Ex adds... You get the point.

That's true, I would just assume that you'd need to time your LB accordingly then. I am picturing - what if a tank dies? Now he has no threat, weakness etc - Pops his LB and boom has all the threat and protection for a bit.