Resurrection Skill Essential to Group Play?

[Lendari]

For an MMO, it's important for group play to be a central theme. By restricting ressurection to people with level 50 first aid or a surplus of guild credits to throw around, you're really working against that right from the start with new players. Many times now I have seen parties split up and then subsequently be left with no choice but to break up just because one person died and there was no way to get them back.

Here's a suggestion for a new ressurrection skill.

• The skill leaves both the target and the caster with a serious %age debuff to armor\health\power regen that lasts probably 10-15 minutes.
• New players can receive the weakest version of the skill from the boss on Anagouge island.
• Improved versions of the skill reduce the debuff duration by using reagents (like diamonds) instead. Higher level version might use large quantities of reagents to return the target back to full combat readiness or even with positive buffs from their near death experience.

This let's low level players continue to work as a team if someone dies accidentally. It also allows the skill to grow in power (for those who invest in the specialty) but in a way that is never an "instant win" button because of the punishing debuff or the high reagent cost.

Make sense?