It does suck that raise get reduced to 14, after lvling jobs to 38 to get raise, all those SP and Time could have been put into something else, but this game was broken and possibly still is, so you kinda had that coming.

Also people with rank 1 and those who don't have a mage classes lvl'd are obviously have biased opinion and favour it since you can get the spell faster than those who leveld to 38.

Idk, but Raise at 14 DOES make it easier, because it makes it convenient > you struggle less > easier(not skill wise).