Living Dead QoL buff

[Kelg]

Please make Living Dead have visual ques, 99% the time healers don't even know when I use it. I know I can make a macro, but it seems to me that a skill like this that requires so much coordination should have UI elements to it.

My ideas for living dead visuals:

• Make the Tank's HP bar change to black and white color effects and sounds to indicate that Living Dead has been activated
• Once the Tank's HP hits 0 and walking dead is activated make the HP bar pulse red until they are healed enough
• Minor: Have Living Dead's cooldown be partially refunded if Walking Dead never activates

Since people brought it up, some ideas for actual buffs to Living Dead(any one of these would be nice, but not necessary):

• Increase potency of healing spells while in Walking Dead by 50%
• Add 100% Lifesteal to all attacks while in Walking Dead to help heal HP(would be nice for solo content too)
• Get brink of death status instead of flat out dying if you aren't healed enough
  
• Make the buff apply right when the button is pressed(Hallowed Ground and Holmgang too)

[aqskerorokero]

I would like some effects like a doom countdown icon on the head, like previous ff game.

[Voltron_HD]

big yes on this. I have died too many times to healers not knowing.

[VenKitsune]

This would be great, but what would be even better is if they redesigned the ability as a whole, its by far the worst tank ultimate due to putting a lot of strain on some healers (namely SCH, they can struggle unless they have full aetherflow)
I would personally change LD so that it either Gives a 95% health steal when you're hit, and reduce its cooldown OR i would reduce the cooldown/effect duration of walking dead on the current iteration.

[Kelg]

This would be great, but what would be even better is if they redesigned the ability as a whole, its by far the worst tank ultimate due to putting a lot of strain on some healers (namely SCH, they can struggle unless they have full aetherflow)
I would personally change LD so that it either Gives a 95% health steal when you're hit, and reduce its cooldown OR i would reduce the cooldown/effect duration of walking dead on the current iteration.

I'd love them to change it, personally I think it's terrible when playing with a PuG. But I've given up any hopes that it will be changed, so UI elements would be the next best thing.

[Derio]

Give doom effect upon cast simple as that

[MagiusNecros]

Of all the skills that needed changes they decide to leave this one alone. It was UTTERLY BAFFLING.

[Kedan]

Definitely agree. The use of this ability needs to be immediately obvious to the healers by default. Flashing lights, sirens, a monster truck rally announcer screaming it at the top of his lungs, whatever it takes.

[Lyth]

Change Living Dead so that all incoming damage is converted into MP loss. Alternatively, give us some way to cleanse the Walking Dead effect ourselves. There are lots of ways of implementing DRK's ultimate defensive ability, none of which arbitrarily penalise your group and your healers for taking you. Being able to actually use it in solo content would be nice too, like you can with Hallowed or Holmgang.

[Kalocin]

While we're at it, I'd love for the effect to activate before the animation. Dying while seeing the "living dead" casted and have it go on CD while dying is just disrespectful.