Quote Originally Posted by ArianeEwah View Post
I agree on the point that cover has very little to no use, but I don't think the reason is because of its nerf alone. Ofc, the gauge requirement was uncalled for, especially since cover doesn't provide any additional mitigation anymore. Honestly, it's a disgrace that SE nerfed such an iconic action to this bad, niche ability, yet they have to nerve to cry about how it's so hard to handle the button bloat...
There is only one case where Cover lost it's "additional mitigation" and that was covering another tank. Currently if you Cover a non-tank target the damage inflicted on the Paladin is 80% that of what the target would have received. The gauge cost is there to balance Sheltron, Intervene and Cover usage (i.e. so you can't Sheltron yourself, Intervene on one target and Cover a 3rd), but neither Intervene nor Cover (nor any of the other single target protect abilities) is used enough on non-tanks that this balancing factor is noticeable.

Covering the other tank always seemed to be counter-intuitive to me so I am kind of glad that "benefit" is gone.
And I believe there weren't as many "you get a debuff-tank buster, tank swap is required" situations as we have now, but correct me if I'm wrong.
The 2+ stage debuff tank busters and both tank double busters were added to counter anti-tank buster/anti-tank swap Cover usage of ARR and HW.