Thread: 5.08 Patch - DPS still not balanced.

Originally Posted by Kitfox

I think Raise tax on RDM and SMN should be completely removed along with their Raise abilities. Instead, SE should implement Raise in an item form like Phoenix Down. Give it a good recast like 10 mins and a cast time of 8s like regular Raise. That would allow the jobs to be balanced solely around their dps and raid buffs while also allowing DPS classes to raise in a pinch when healers can't afford the time or mp to do it.

Nobody wants their dps to be hamstrung by utility they won't even use during clean runs.

Originally Posted by Cetonis

Having Phoenix Downs be an actual relevant item in the game would be a very Final Fantasy thing too. I guess you could have people fighting over who's going to use theirs, but it needn't be consumable even, really.

I think these two posts are really good. Giving everyone a reusable phoenix down isn't going to break raids (most likely) because hard casting raises is brutal, and the weakness debuff is backbreaking in savage content.

And suffering a dps tax for an ability that gives zero value if everything goes according to plan? That feels really bad.