Quote Originally Posted by Iracy View Post
Cover is a great skill, it's situational tho. It shouldn't be used whenever, only when you feel it'll help.
I personally only use it on my healers, or on rare occasions, the MT, if I'm off tanking.
On DPS? No, never.

There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON for DPS to take damage.

I might sound a bit rude towards DPS, but it's really just that.
If a healer doesn't get out of AoE, it's 90% of the time to heal someone else, I will Cover and take his damage, gladly.
If a MT can't get out of AoE, it might be due to his weird positioning as MT, not a good excuse, but if it's reasonable and manageable HP wise for me, I'll Cover and soak the damage.
If a DPS doesn't get out of AoE it's because of... There is no justifying for that. I don't care what spell you were casting, how much damage you could've done. If you're dead, you do 0 damage, that should be clear to you. I will not take additional damage because of people being ignorant.
Well, i will say this. In fights that have DPS checks, this is a very bad mentality to have. Weakness on a DPS can sometimes be the difference between passing and failing. I think I'm pretty good, but I'm not perfect, I've been caught in some AoE's before. Sometimes it's just very bad luck on placement and you simply don't have enough time to respond. Like on final steps, I was tank and caught on edge of map with the big line AoE on me. As I was exiting out of it, my quickest route had ALL 3 circle AoE's and that was the only way for me to make it out in time. So I had to choose, take 3 circle AoE's or 1 Line AoE (thank god I was a tank, if I was DPS or Heal, I would of died regardless of choice).

Not saying it should always be a bail out, but it's there to be used and I wouldn't automatically not use it on a DPS just because they're a DPS who got hit with an AoE. And sometimes, it's simply party wide dmg that the healers haven't gotten around to healing that particular person yet. A cover and clemency could be the difference. Once again, especially when a DPS check is coming later in the fight. I'd rather waste a bit of DPS during a NON check to ensure my entire party is full strength when the DPS check comes.