Quote Originally Posted by YusiKha View Post
Nocturnal can't be forced unless shields are forced, and forced shields are eventually circumvented with tank cooldowns and gear progression.
there is another way to force shields, and its used in exactly 2 fights in the entire game: make something bad happen when a party member takes ANY sort of damage from a specific attack

the two fights are a5s, where the boss rushes to a party member and gets a damage down if they took damage; and uwu, where ifrit pushes back everyone if they take damage from vulcan burst

what i dont understand is, if the devs love this false shield/regen dichotomy so much, why are these 2 the only mechanics where shields are relevant when not in minimum ilv