No comment on the specific changes proposed here but I agree Red Mage (and Summoner) need buffs. I don't particularly like the idea that Red Mage has always had to eat a huge DPS penalty just for having a Raise regardless of it being used, and I'm not really a fan of Summoner getting dragged down for it also. There's already two inherent Penalties for death, the 25-50% debuff that comes from Rez Sickness and the MP/Time that's burned getting them back on their feet. If the devs think that there needs to be more of a penalty on the RDM/SMN then fine, make casting Verraise/Resurrection give some kind of debuff too, but they shouldn't be penalized this much just for having the skills.