Quote Originally Posted by Tint View Post
yes, you are technically not forced to use Protect, because it's a rather weak buff. at least in casual content - in raid progression it's a different story, when every little bit counts. but you will have two healers there and only one needs Protect.
My point is that the mitigation is so insanely minor, that if you were forced to choose between protect or other cross class skills, Protect would be thrown into the bin without a second thought. Mechanics wouldn't even need to be rebalanced around not having Protect.