The cast time on Stoneskin II

[DarkmoonVael]

Maybe brush up on what it means for something to be optional. In terms for optimizing for pull, stoneskin and protect, and anything else is on equal footing in that you should use them. You're painting this picture where progression groups where say "you know what, just skip the stoneskin"; that doesn't happen. You're painting this picture because your argument is incredibly disingenuous because you've gone off on a massive tangent that has nothing to do with the original point I made.

SSII is an inherently out of combat only skill. The cast time and MP cost are purely a formality as there is no need for the skill to have an opportunity cost of time and MP for the sake of balance during encounters. So get off your high horse.

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[HoodRat]

You're painting this picture where progression groups where say "you know what, just skip the stoneskin"; that doesn't happen.

You know why it doesn't happen? Because they cast it long before the pull instead of complaining on the forums about the cast time.

[Nekotee]

On my case I like SS2 as it is now because it help me finding which whm is bad and which tank i will kill

Any Swift ss2 is labelled as bad whm from the beginning for me except if they show me that they are able to handle thing perfectly (aka not being cure spam OR medica2 spam...)
-> i can count less than 10 good whm

Any tank that do not wait for my own ss2 that I pre-cast by sprinting in front of the boss room will have a hard time
More or less i will let him die to 5% hp or less and bene his face and waiting for his complaining(if the pack is really small i won't even bother bene and kill him then tank

To be clear... there is a LOT of bot heal, and only a few true white mage