Protect is a waste of space and should have died with Stoneskin

[hikari_no_yume]

I'm already sad looking at my small list of skills at whm despite being almost 65. God when I think of all the spells a mage would have in other games at this level it's pitiful.

I like pre battle buffing

I'm not against pre-battle buffing, and I too am disappointed in the lacklustre and shrinking WHM skill set! But I don't think Protect as it exists now is worth keeping. Wouldn't it be better to replace it with an actually useful (i.e. differentiating, not essential and quasi-permanent) buff? Others have already pointed to the PvP version as a model that could be followed.

That being said… yeah, it would sure feel weird if in 4.1 or something there's nothing at all I have to cast at the start of a duty!