Quote Originally Posted by Alderin View Post
Not sure if you guys are forgetting the "Auto-Life" spell in various other FF's as well.

That is another form of Reraise.

So what's wrong with adding downs? I don't see any valid points to the arguments so far. Would also massively help those of us who still do the odd level-sync party where "Raise" isn't an option.

There are very little ways I believe that Phoenix Downs can be abused. Make the craft level high, not purchasable via an NPC and the materials required for the synth have to be farmed. This keeps the price high, so people won't just throw it on anyone they see that is dead.

Yes of course it is more ideal to have Reraise, and in a sense there aren't too many cases where you won't have it on. However if your out doing Abyssea things, lets say for example - you joined a shout PT for Raja (we all know how terrible they end up), your alliance procs red, 3/4 of the alliance is dead, and your lying on the ground waiting for the 4 mages that are still alive to run around and raise everyone while they have weakness timers?

Oh woops, Raja died and you didn't get his Atma because the mages were too busy raising everyone. Sob story, too bad... right?

Not with Phoenix Downs - The mages can raise one person, that one person can run around and get someone else with a Phoenix Down, that next person can go grab another person... Etc.

Is that truly abusing the system? I see Phoenix Downs would have their place.
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