Quote Originally Posted by ErryK View Post
5% mitigation that doesn't need to be updated until after 30min? Sounds good.
You understand that the 5% mitigation is for every hit that is taken? Not just by the tank, but everyone? If you put the numbers together and look at the CDs and MP it takes to recover the difference, protect all of a sudden makes more sense. Those who would like to use regen to counter this argument should realize that regen is more effective when protect is up.

Protect is overrated in early content, and underestimated in later content. Trust me, your healer will always appreciate allowing them to get protect up, but it honestly isn't that hard to cast during battle. The loss of a gcd sucks, but it is just one and can be managed. That said, let your healer f**king cast protect.