Holy cow, how did this thread get so huge?

Buffs need to be longer. Spell buffs, self buffs, all of them.

Spell buffs like protect and shell need to last at least 5 minutes, with stats playing a great role in modifying its effectiveness, and its duration.

There are a bunch of more fun things to do besides buff every 3 minutes. Nowadays, I don't even bother buffing besides the occasional shockspikes, because it's more effective if I just all out nuke.

That means the need to:

1. Make the buff last longer since I probably won't bother to cast it again when it wears off after 3 min

2. Actually make it more useful so that I care when it wears off. Back before the November patch in the raptor party days, we actually cared and took notice when protect and shell wore off since it was a large factor in the battle.