Question regarding Flaming Arrow and Shadow Flare change

It was said that it's a general balance change that these will now wake up crowed-controlled mobs.

Is there a reason why DoTs are still allowed?

Was it just to tune down SMN/BRD dps? What "balance" was it about?

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Originally Posted by Zfz

It was said that it's a general balance change that these will now wake up crowed-controlled mobs.

Is there a reason why DoTs are still allowed?

Was it just to tune down SMN/BRD dps? What "balance" was it about?

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It's not that big of a deal tbh... it's just to nerf pvp.

Except maybe in speedrun where you wanted to CC the mobs... this change won't make any difference in pve.

This makes sense because if you're in pain and fall asleep in real life, you don't wake up every time you feel pain (headaches and such) whereas if someone randomly stabbed you with a needle you'd probably wake up.

However, I feel like both DoT and ground-AoE abilities should wake monsters up, but that could be because I'm used to other MMO's doing it this way. I've been playing for a month and a half and I still feel like I should cast DoT's when I plan on sleeping.

I don't happen to know exactly how these skills work now, but I got the impression that only the initial cast of the skill would break CC, not every tick; as is the case with normal DoTs.