Good point, i will say that i don't always want to be revived though if i drop a health capsule.
The exceptions are this:

Both scenarios usually involve danger room, arenas, or possibly graveyards.

1. If someone in all 5* gear tailored to the challenge is absolutely pwning at the game and doing damage and i'm laggy and can't stay alive (or even just can't stay alive and not laggy), i'll drop my health and just want him to use it to make sure we clear.

2. If we are being gang mobbed by enemies and my teammate is a good bomber, i would rather him use all his health to kite and clear out enemies with his bombs then give me 1/2 of the party health and try and 2 person kite enemies.

But...
@OP
sure sucks when someone not so great takes that health and thinks that 2* calibur charge slash into a mob of enemies was the idea.

I'll revive you once I've taken care of the mean, scary monsters that you voluntarily allowed to kill you. If you're dying with unused health pills, I can only hope you ragequit and stop dragging my run down. If you're dead and I see a pill, I'm probably going to pick it up and neither use it nor revive you because I'm not even at half health yet.

Well, the pill-dropping person is providing the health. I'd think that person should have some say in how it's used. Otherwise they could just keep the pills for themselves and just wait for a health-revive when the battle is over.. upon which they use the pills on themselves.

If that player was awful and can't stop getting killed, this is a WORSE outcome than sharing half the pill health with them.

I have seen gremlins consume health capsules (you see the image above their heads), but I don't know that I have seen them pick one up. If they can, then the timing of the drop will have to be close.

Laminarflo

I'm actually seeing different takes on the same idea, which makes any sort of discussion kinda meaningless. I would like to clarify my stance, at least:

If I'm down, I expect my fellow party members to revive me eventually. If they can handle the mobs, that's cool, I'll happily give a pill over so they'll have more health after the revive. If they kill the mobs and leave, assuming I'll energy rev? Uhhh... no.

I've played with people who were pretty bad. They drop, I keep killing, and I'll pick them up when it's convenient. I WILL pick them up, but not necessarily immediately. If it's someone I know well who I know would be more of an asset, I'll make more of an effort. Likewise, if I'm the last person up, I'd rather get another (reliable) warm body up than risk needing someone to energy rev because we got wiped.

Of course, downed knights can provide a great source of additional heat, so unless they are completely worthless, I am highly unlikely to kick someone for falling down.

@OnmyojiOmn: Really? I'd rather people not use pills unless they need to, then waste them every time they're injured. This goes double if you're doing a Jelly/Vanny run. And death when you have pills can be completely unavoidable for those of us with lag issues.

No. I find the last person alive tends to be the person who is a careful player. Sure you can go into a group, block, swing or whatever and do a lot of damage but you'll inevitably end up taking damage. Be that as a bad block or by a teammates fault.

This is incredibly apparent in arenas, especially since there is a mandatory one before the JK gate. The idiots tend to rush into all the contructs widely blocking and swinging their swords. Half the time it is me left alive using my Freezing Vaporizer and killing the healers when I have the chance. It isn't just about doing a ton of damage in a short space of time. Kiting, slowing grinding the enemy down is a viable option, especially if people just widely use their Winmillion/Calibur/SS combos relentlessly and wonder why they die all the time.

I disagree, Chicago. I've seen more than my fair share of players who will hide in a corner or fight one mob, leaving the rest of the team to compete with the rest of the hordes. Sure, there are some reckless players, but assuming everyone who owns a sword is reckless is ridiculous. It only becomes reckless when one player is left on his own to get into melee because other players think its more pragmatic to not engage the mobs. Arguably its a miscommunication in strategy or difference in opinion on how it should be carried out, but if one player is avoiding combat, that means the rest of the players have more enemies to deal with. A majority of Knights tend to be Melee-based, or at least have a sword. There are people who rely entirely on guns or bombs, but its the norm to assume that a knight has a blade, and so strategy tends to fall under the assumption that many knights will engage in melee combat. If more than one knight isn't doing that, it means the ones who are find themselves engaged with more enemies.

Now, whether or not a player is smart enough to recognize that he doesn't have the support needed to engage in melee is a different matter.

On a side note, i have occasionally avoided resurrecting a player because I've considered that player to be a waste of the health. It sounds mean, but everyone's seen at least one player that they thought "Well, at least I'll get heat out of them..."

If I have a health capsule and need resurrection, I drop the health capsule and tell the other player/s to revive me then use the capsule to reimburse them for there loss.

I agree to some extent Sigmund. I was only referencing the knights who bum rush the mobs and complete their swing combos all the time. I run swords myself and the amount of randoms I get who don't understand the concept of attack-block. Sure your combo does more damage but it isn't wise to use it every freaking time. Those who run Vile Strikers and Winmillions have personally been my pet peeve, as they seem to most likely suicide in a pack.

You can easily keep yourself alive and do damage while taking none with single swings, kiting and shield bashing. For me I tend to freeze mobs, take out the healers and then safely swing-block-swing with whatever sword I happen to be using and clear out rooms with minimal damage. Having half the rooms mobs aggro doesn't affect me or any of my guild mates as they understand the concept for kiting.

I am of course playing the devil's advocate somewhat. I have seen people just hide in a corner doing absolutely nothing. However, the notion that last player alive is always a coward as suggested by the OP, is ridiculous.

Also if you're near an elevator then you can simply NOT revive them as they will be revived for free (3 or 4 bars of health though) as soon as you travel to the next floor!