You do realize that the running is part of the death penalty right? It's one of the only things that helps make people think twice about dying, and it's a pretty lame penalty if you ask me.

I personally thought the loss of xp in FFXI was a GREAT death penalty and made for better players (typically). I however was not a fan of the level down...

I propose that if they reduce the level requirement for raise, then they should emplement xp loss (without level down) to compensate.