PLD Raise while in combat please!

[Kaiser-Ace]

Second off, it's even worse in 4-man content since if I'm spending that 8 seconds casting that is 8 seconds I'm not dodging AoEs or using CDs if I didn't pop them before I started casting, nor am I trying to keep myself alive, nevermind the enmity issues. This may be useful in 24-man dungeons, but I still see it being niche and not really all that utilitarian... Even if you do pull it off, your healer has animation lock from the raise and no MP to heal with, either. Point is, if you don't have anything that can deliver some decent heals until the healer can get back on their feet and regenerate some MP, raising them doesn't do you any good at all.

Could be really OP in PvP content but if you start altering PvE because it effects PvP balance then you've quite explicitly screwed the power curve already and PvP is unsalvageable. (Like the Gold Saucer)

[Ashkendor]

Could be really OP in PvP content but if you start altering PvE because it effects PvP balance then you've quite explicitly screwed the power curve already and PvP is unsalvageable. (Like the Gold Saucer)

Sounds like an invitation to have the crap stunned out of you in PvP. 8 seconds is a long time to be animation locked.

Then again, most people tend to ignore PLD in PvP and focus on healers anyway.