Quote Originally Posted by AvenoMatt View Post
So an FC mate of mine told me that bishop being a shield is pointless since we have tacticians. Why have another defense buff when we have that. Which they do have a point which iis why I think that hot helps give it a little more to make it stand out against tact.

They however still didn't like it but they also only really play ast and don't touch ranged physical lol
How come they play AST and can say that?
SCH has both shield and damage reduction.
PLD has both shield and damage reduction.
Nin, to an extend, has a shield and self healing.
MNK has Mantra and Feint, two defensive cooldown to help the team.
DNC has a healing and Samba (The cooldown like tactician).

Having two defensive cooldown helps for more mitigation and flexible support.
SCH is down? You can help against strong raidwide damages by using both for the purpose of progressing.

It's all about flexiblity and stronger abilities to help through survival of the party.
And to an extend, help your healer to less focus on healing and have more room to do anything else.