Quote Originally Posted by Seraphor View Post
They really do seem to overestimate the efficacy of shields.
They seem to balance it around mitigating tank busters, but in Noct Sect, you're using them for every pull.
Which is unfortunate as tank busters/raid busters are not frequent enough or hit hard enough where you need Noct shields, Duirnal shields are more than sufficient to deal with all current content.