I think I know why revives appear weak

[Baajikiil]

Am I going for the blindingly obvious, or am I missing something here— a Prayer Merc would be of help, too, no?

I have a necro who has also noticed the revives starting with ~1 life. My party member and I both have prayer mercs currently, and the revives are up to full health in under a half a minute(this is normal though...). The increased pulse rate for prayer seems to really give the mercs a boost. It is an option, at least in the begining.

Unfortunately, come NM difficulty, both of us are switching mercs, and the only safe way to get revives full will be town refreshes.