PLD Raise while in combat please!

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Er. Ok, yes a stoneskin in the middle of a fight during a long aoe works. But if it hits EVERYONE a good healer will stoneskin II. If it's a specific area/target, a good tank will gtfo of the aoe. Not put stoneskin on. If it's mid fight, there's the chance you get interrupted too. A generous paladin can reapply protect to a downed dps during a fight. But protect is not top priority. It is a little boost.

As for cross class, second wind and internal release are great for WAR. The cross class is useful. DRK gets both tank crosses. PLD gets redundancies or useless cross from conjurer

Stop. Stoneskin II can't be used in battle.

[Kosmos992k]

Stop. Stoneskin II can't be used in battle.

I hate to say it, but I smiled at this in a topic bemoaning the lact of battle use for Raise on PLD. It's amusing, but doesn't alter the issue of course.

[AlexSag]

I would love this. In 4 man duty finder groups and if a healer goes down early into a boss fight, it doesn't matter how skilled the rest of the party is, you are probably not taking down the boss. With the ability to use raise, I'd be able to save us the trouble of having to reset just because one person messed up. Most people seem to agree that this isn't going to ruin tank balance. If it adds a bit of utility and doesn't really hurt anything, why not?

[Malicewolf]

Stop. Stoneskin II can't be used in battle.

Whoops, you're right there. That was my b. Knee jerk reaction on that one. Healer ain't my cup o tea.

But to Rawr's post that i originally posted. Yes, tanks using other tanks cross class skills ain't the problem. It's that the CNJ cross class doesn't have very good utility. Cure's are crap. Protect is always given prior to fights. Stoneskin is always given prior to fights (but I will admit, stoneskin is a great move, but still not amazing. Especially in 4 man dungeons as the healer will almost always reapply before pulls). Raise is useless. If we don't take protect or stoneskin with us, VERY seldom will anyone even care, let alone notice. Because it's not that useful to us or others.