Every time I cast a Defensive CD, Raw Intuition, for example, to mitigate some tank buster damage I get hit for the same amount of damage as not having cast the CD at all (sometimes more) without crits by bosses. Now, this is the weird thing, this only happens if I cast the CD around the 70-75% mark of the enemy cast timer. I feel like this is done purposefully and would like to know if it was? It's not an animation issue either. the timer is started by the time I'm struck for full damage. It's definitely an issue and I've had healers take notice so I know I'm not crazy.

It isn't lag either since I painstakingly tested around with it by casting the Def CD (Raw Intuition) early just to see it actually still work with 1 second left on the timer when struck or that it's ineffective several seconds after the timer. I also play on an NA server, from NA, with Internet 300(mb).

Or do these CD's not mitigate tank buster damage? It seems like they do... if I cast early enough.

Anyone else notice this?