Just seems really absurd that a healer is capable of going into a fight without Esuna and Lucid Dreaming, or a tank without Provoke or Rampart, even if they technically don't need it. These are still essential tools that need to be baseline.

I feel like role actions should be optional utility that can make a fight easier, but is never absolutely mandatory for its completion.

Like for example, even though Esuna isn't ACTUALLY mandatory for Exdeath normal because you can just res after they die, I would still consider Esuna mandatory because getting around mechanics using resurrection just doesn't sit right with me.

On the other hand, I love these "optional utility" skills like Goad, Mana Shift and Rescue. I use them all the time, it makes things slightly easier, but I never feel like I absolutely need them to do a deathless run.(Though the amount of dps who will stand in the poo and die is absolutely ridiculous, Rescue really helps with those guys)