Protection Abilities

[Raiden]

Personally, i never use them.I play within a guild group normally and I am always the MT, It takes alot of sleeping at your keyboard to lose agro and therefore have no use whatsoever of the protection line. If i get into a situation like adds or the agro shifts then I taunt it back instantly and we are back to square one.I COULD waste time casting protection once the agro shifts but by this time could have taunted it back, with a healer in the group that member is back to full hp in no time.Also i realise i could bother to cast protection every 3 mins (before each fight or 2) just like my group buffs but when i'm sure that 99.9% of the time i wont lose agro why bother wasting the time?Do you guys use these much? How and when do you use them?Would you like to see something more useful instead?

[Syraxen]

<DIV>I agree, i never use them either, they are completely useless to me, I find that prevention is better than cure, if the choise is to taunt the mob off or to reduce its damage I know what i would rather do.</DIV>

[Rie]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> RaidenUK wrote:<BR>Personally, i never use them.<BR>I play within a guild group normally and I am always the MT, It takes alot of sleeping at your keyboard to lose agro and therefore have no use whatsoever of the protection line. <BR>If i get into a situation like adds or the agro shifts then I taunt it back instantly and we are back to square one.<BR>I COULD waste time casting protection once the agro shifts but by this time could have taunted it back, with a healer in the group that member is back to full hp in no time.<BR><BR>Also i realise i could bother to cast protection every 3 mins (before each fight or 2) just like my group buffs but when i'm sure that 99.9% of the time i wont lose agro why bother wasting the time?<BR><BR>Do you guys use these much? <BR>How and when do you use them?<BR>Would you like to see something more useful instead?<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> I use them when I remember to. In a good group they are not needed, but do help to cut down on damage taken since they effect you also. They are a must though when you end up with adds and have a lot of damage comeing in on you. And you are right, you are better off taunting instead of buffing if you loose argo, IMHO.

[Raiden]

I think ALOT of you are complaining about the wrong things. The problem is NOT with the zerker-guardian issues, for what i see there is no problem here (yes IMO they shouldnt get same armor but its nothing to cry over)The actual problem is with our abilities as a guardian, they are pretty much worthless.So PLEASE stop with the "nerf the zerker" attitude thats gonna deter the devs from looking at our forums and more of the "please fix our useless abilities" topics!