Yeah, because you know, I'm always standing on the sidelines of fights afk banging hot chicks instead of paying attention.
Idle set is an idle set, when youre not engaged, running around. Why would I play to my jobs disadvantages (defense) instead of its advantages (high evasion). On the off chance that I wind up taking damage in my idle set, its probably NOT from magic, and its probably NOT from aoe attacks, and will save on damage taken by gearing evasion.
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