To Rez, or not to rez, that is the question!

I'd like to point out that this is the "Heroes & AI" section of the forums, and thus it is irrelevant to this thread if someone and their seven l33t human friends need to bring res skills or not. This thread concerns res skills on heroes, which typically indicates H/H or at least only a few human players. Moreover, it's a general question and does not specifically address a certain dungeon or point in the game. Thus, the answer should concern all areas of the game, including points where it is far too early to carry res scrolls.

With that said, my train of thought is similar to Celestial Beaver's:

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Fomf on a mesmer is what i prefer.. and sigs on everyone else except for monks, works out usualy.

When you're with all H/H, if you can spare /Mo or are primary I highly suggest Rebirth.

I've noticed a few people are giving the usual "PvE is easy, anything works, if someone dies then you suck" and honestly I think they're playing a different game. I'd be very impressed if anyone went through the entirety of the game without having a single H/H die once. Then try it on Hard Mode

My question to these people, is what happens when you get disconnected for a minute? You return to find a patrol destroying your party, most of whom are dead already, and another patrol is heading your way... Seems to me you can either let everyone (including yourself) die and res at the shrine (assuming there is one ) or simply run away to come back and Rebirth.

Rebirth on heroes is a waste though, even with manual casting something usually goes wrong. Stick to res signet on heroes, unless you're running one of the shorter resses on either a Mesmer with fast casting, or other enhancements such as Healer's Boon or Holy Haste.

I have got rebirth on my Monk heros but it is disabled all the time just like most of them all.

For why a Monk Hero should never have a Rez on their bar, check the Sticky in the Monk part of this Forum.

Furthermore, as a Monk, why the GO ENGINE RED GO ENGINE RED GO would you want to deplete ALL of your energy (after wasting a few seconds to rez someone) just so that when they are up, you can't heal them? Doesn't make sense to me.

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If I absolutely HAVE to have Rebirth at all, I go W/Mo and bring it with me. This is usually done in PuG's. I can run any bar that I want to, and sacrifice my utility skill for an easy pull-n-Rez. When my team asks me why I am not healing them when I Rez them, if they don't understand why I give either my Monks or my N/Rt's priority on first Rez, I reply with: "I'm a Warrior, I kill things. The Monk (or N/Rt) will heal you, give them a second."