Quote Originally Posted by Fevelle View Post
The only barriers healers have in this game are Galvanize/Nocturnal Field/Stoneskin. All of them are as shallow as <negates X amount of damage>.
We don't have any nullifying spells.
We don't have Haste, Blink, Aura, Bravery, Bubble, Faith, Reflect, Might, Temper, hell, we don't even have SHELL.
Saying that FFXIV is not limited in this aspects is delusional. I don't like comparing this game to FFXI, but they did it much better than FFXIV.
SCH has his Single Target and his AoE shield and Stoneskin, yes, and Sacred Soil, wich is another AoE shield, Virus and Eye for an Eye to reduce the Enemys Attack, Shadow Flare to put Slow on the Enemy.
Shell was originally a trait for WHM only, they changed it with 3.0 when they added AST. So there is no Shell skill, but Protect gives you the M-Def buff.
but SCH has a M-Def Buff from Eos. And Selene has a Haste skill. AST also has a Haste-Card.

sure, it is not perfect, but also not as bad as you think.