its not about whether SMN has Resurrection or not

[Ianmaru]

Without the res, what reason will there be to pick a Red Mage or a Summoner instead of a Black Mage (or Pictomancer)?

when you say 'pick', you mean as in pick them as a job to play, or as a party member?

if its the former: why do some ppl play dnc, some play brd, some play mch on ranged role? like, none of them has raise, but all of them have players. mch is the hardest hitting ranged, dnc & brd have no raise but ppl still pick them. see? the fact is, 'raise' is not the only reason ppl pick a job to play. every job has a different playstyle, aesthetics, identity, etc. if they have no raise, ppl will still pick them because of their unique playstyles/aesthetics/identities.

if its the latter: again, non mch ranged and non sam melee are still picked anyway as party members even though they dont have raise. so why would ppl refuse to recruit rdm & smn simply because they have no raise? makes no sense.