MP pool and death

[LunarEmerald]

A dead dps does no dps. If you're at critical HP and you're not confident in your healer it's better to vercure yourself than die. Often times healers are slow at reacting or too tunnel visioned on the tank. I'd say Red Mage having a potent cure is a big perk of playing the job. You aren't 100% reliant on the healer. Other dps are because second wind doesn't do much for them.

I can't count the number of times a healer rezzed someone and forgot to cure them. Once that invincibility wears off they immediately die to the next raid wide damage.