Died a few days ago, and usually it's not the priest who dies, and rezzing is no issue. In this case, the priest died, and due to the mission I was in, there was agro which didn't go away til the mission was done, and the merc cleric never cast a rez for the priest. I respawned, travelled back, finished the mission, and sure enough, as soon as it was done, the cleric merc cast a rez on the corpse.
No battle rez, unless.. .You're the only one in group and have your cleric merc up, And you die before the merc has a chance to cast a heal or anything on you that would put it on the hate list. If you die that fast the AND the merc is enabaled it will rez you.
I always carry some Token of Resurrection- they are only 86 loyalty tokens and you can rez in battle. Anyone can use so its kinda fun to see a ranger offering a rez
They like to not heal you, then offer a rez after you die, with a mob standing on your corpse. Then if decline the rez, they'll never rez you again.
Cleric mercs seem to have an aversion to doing the only 2 jobs we care about them doing...heal and rez.
Having my paid-for merc enter a fugue state when I'm getting dump-trucked by a named really enhances immersion.
Thanks for pointing out the two rez items available with alternate currency. I will pick some up for all my chars