Cross Class abilities for PLD fairly useless

[Duelle]

I would gladly drop one, or even two, of my "prized" mitigation cool downs for a useful cure so that I could actually feel like a PLD.

You've obviously never been in a situation where our weak cures can actually save someone near death. I've seen it happen a couple of times so far while grouping, and it feels pretty nice to have the option to cast cures on people if needed, while at the same time not being mandatory by any stretch of the imagination.